As of Saturday evening, there were 15 children and 28 adults in Kerr County, who were not all identified. In addition, 4 more deaths were reported in Burnet County 3 and Travis County, as several US media reported unanimously, citing regional administration. Another person died in Kendall County.
27 girls from a summer camp are still missing, said Kerrville’s head of administration, Dalton Rice, at a press conference on Saturday evening. There may be other missing people.
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The entire extent of the disaster is unclear
At first it was unclear whether this death was related to the storms. Many children from a summer camp are still missing. The search continued a day after the violent floods started.
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, called out a day of prayer in the state for this Sunday.
The entire extent of the disaster is unclear. More than 850 people were saved unharmed, there were eight injuries, as the authorities said on Saturday morning. Residents had saved themselves on trees so as not to be torn away by the floods.
Floods in the holiday area
Many Americans used the rural area in the south of the United States to camp on rivers on the long weekend. The violent floods have been surprising since Friday morning.
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