Deadly flash floods ripped through Texas and left at least 78 people dead. The disaster hit Kerr County the hardest with 40 adults and 28 children losing their lives. Another 41 people remain missing across the state as rescue teams search day and night. President Trump plans to visit the disaster zone on Friday to survey the damage. He called the flooding a once-in-a-century disaster that nobody saw coming.
Trump refused to bring back weather forecasters his administration fired from government jobs. He blamed the previous president for the warning system problems that may have cost lives. The president signed emergency aid papers to help Texas recover from the catastrophe. Heavy rains keep falling and threaten to cause more flooding in the same areas. Officials warn people to stay away from the swollen rivers and creeks.
Camp Mystic lost 10 young girls and one counselor when raging waters swept through their riverside location. The Christian summer camp housed 750 people when the floods struck during the night. Search teams found one girl's body caught in a tree after the water carried her away. Seventeen helicopters joined the hunt for missing campers and other flood victims. The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in just 45 minutes and washed away cabins and houses.
Trump refused to bring back weather forecasters his administration fired from government jobs. He blamed the previous president for the warning system problems that may have cost lives. The president signed emergency aid papers to help Texas recover from the catastrophe. Heavy rains keep falling and threaten to cause more flooding in the same areas. Officials warn people to stay away from the swollen rivers and creeks.
Camp Mystic lost 10 young girls and one counselor when raging waters swept through their riverside location. The Christian summer camp housed 750 people when the floods struck during the night. Search teams found one girl's body caught in a tree after the water carried her away. Seventeen helicopters joined the hunt for missing campers and other flood victims. The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in just 45 minutes and washed away cabins and houses.
