Floods in Texas: At least 13 deaths and no more than 20 children

The hopeless pleas scattered social media as their loved ones sought information available about people caught up in the flood zone.

Governor Dan Patrick said 6 to 10 bodies had been found so far in a desperate search of the victims. Meanwhile, at a press conference held at the same time as Patrick’s update, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leesa reported 13 deaths from the flood.

At least 10 inches (25 cm) of rain fell overnight in Central Carr County, causing flash floods on the Guadalupe River, desperately pleading for information about missing.

“Some are adults, some are children,” Patrick said at a press conference. “Again, I don’t know where those bodies came from.”

The team conducted dozens of rescues, and emergency responders continued to search for people who were not explained. That includes more than 20 girls who have gone missing from summer camp.

“I’ve been asking people in Texans, and I’ll be giving serious prayers this afternoon.

Comments on a Facebook post from the Carr County Sheriff’s Office were plagued by photos of people in the flood zone. I hope that our loved ones will post there and provide you with the latest updates on where people who have never heard of them. One woman said she couldn’t reach her daughter, who rented a cabin on a hunt for her husband and two children, begged someone to post the names of those who had already evacuated.

County elected officer Judge Rob Kelly has confirmed deaths so far from flooding and dozens of water rescues. He said he was advised not to cite certain numbers, and said authorities were still working to identify people whose lives were lost.

“Most of them, we don’t know who they are,” Kelly said at a press conference. “One of them was completely naked. He had no ID for him at all. We are trying to get the identities of these people, but we don’t have them yet.”

A family survives a terrible ordeal

Erin Burgess’ house is located across the river in the Bumblebee Hills area, west of Ingram. “It was raining quite heavily, but it wasn’t a big deal,” she said when she woke up to lightning at 3:30am on Friday.

Just 20 minutes later, Burgess said that water was coming in through the wall and running through the front and rear doors. She explained that she was clung to a tree and waiting for the water to retreat enough so that she could walk up the neighbor’s hill.

“My son and I were floating on the tree we were hanging over it, my boyfriend and my dog ​​were floating. He was lost for a while, but we found them,” she became emotional.

Of her 19-year-old son, Burgess said:

A flood clock issued Thursday afternoon estimated water up to 7 inches (17 cm). It moved to flood warnings overnight with at least 30,000 people.

When asked about the sudden sexual nature of flash floods, Kelly said he “does not have a warning system,” and despite local reporters pointing out the warning and asking for answers as to why more precautions were not being taken, he said “I didn’t know this flood was coming.”

“Reliable, no one knew that this kind of flood was coming,” he said. “We’ve always had floods, and this is the most dangerous river valley in the United States.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is providing resources to the Hill Country community in dealing with floods, including Kerrville, Ingram and Hunt.

A scenic, rocky gateway to booming vineyards and vacation rentals, Texas Hill Country starts west of the state’s capital and is a popular outdoor summer holiday. Some parts of the area have flash flooding trends.

Dozens of people posted on Facebook are seeking information about children, nie and nephews who are participating in one of many camps in the area, or one of the families they went to camp on their holiday weekends.

The Ingram Fire Department posted a photo of a statement from Camp Mystic saying that the private Christian summer camp for girls had experienced “devastating levels of flooding”. A parent who has no daughter contacted her directly, Camp said.

The other two camps on the river, Camp Waldemar and Camp Pra Junta, Instagram All posts that were safe.

Guadalupe River gauges in Hunt’s unincorporated community, where Forks recorded a 22-foot rise (6.7 meters) in about two hours, according to Bob Fogerty, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Austin/San Antonio office. Fogarty said the gauge broke after recording a level of 29 and a half feet (9 meters).

“It’s like catching things you don’t notice,” Fogerty said. “The water moves so fast, you don’t realize how bad it is until it’s on top of you.”

The eastern region along the Guadalupe River was preparing for their own flooding as Rapid Waters rushed downstream from Hunt and Carville. In Kendall County, home to an uncomfort community, the sheriff’s office has issued an alarm.

“We regret to inform everyone that our comfortable flooding situation has not improved,” the post read. “We fired flood sirens and urged all residents of the town’s lowland areas to evacuate immediately.”

New Jersey also sees deaths from bad weather

Meanwhile, at least three deaths have been blamed in central New Jersey. This includes two men who died in Plainfield who died after a tree fell into a car travelling at the top of a storm, according to a city’s Facebook post.

The man was 79 and 25 years old, officials said. They were not released anytime soon.

“Our hearts are heavy today,” Mayor Adrian O. Map said in a statement. “This tragedy is a calm reminder of the power of nature and the vulnerability of life.”

The city has cancelled its scheduled July 4th parade, concert and fireworks show. The map said the “devastating” storm left “deep wounds and extensive damage” to communities of more than 54,000 people, and was time for “reorganizing and focusing all the energy on recovery.”

Continuous blackouts and fallen trees were reported in southern New England on Friday. There have been reports of cars slipping off roads in northeastern Connecticut.