Emergency and rescue services in the American state of Texas continue their work on Saturday to find survivors of the sudden flood of the Guadalupe River, among them, they expect, the girls of a Christian camp razed by the current, and in the midst of new torrential rains that threaten new overflows.
The rains have already left 27 dead (18 adults, nine children) in the center and south of the state, in the region known as Texas Hill Country, according to the state governor, Greg Abbott, who preferred not to speculate on the situation of approximately twenty minors who were in the Mystic Camp at the time of the flood of the river.
The State’s weather service has warned in the last hours of flood threats in almost a dozen populations and recommended more than 100,000 residents that move to high places. At least 850 people have had to be evacuated, eight of them injured.
“More than 30 cm of rain has fallen during the night. The streams have grown rapidly and the waters are starting to descend downstream in the counties of Burnet, Williamson and the northwest of Travis. Numerous aquatic rescues are being made. Looking for a higher land immediately if it is close to a possible overflow,” the service has recommended in his account of the X network.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has guaranteed the imminent arrival of federal support for victims of the devastating floods. “It’s terrible, floods. It is shocking,” journalists on board the Air Force One told Friday night. “They still don’t know how many people are there, but it seems that some young people have died,” he added.
Shortly after, Trump has reiterated his condolences on his social truth platform. “Our Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, will soon come to the area,” said the president, before moving in his name and in that of the First Lady, Melania, his prayers “by all the families affected by this terrible tragedy.”
“Our brave lifeguards are in place, doing what they know best. God bless families and Texas,” he concluded.