New Details Revealed About the Nearly 2 Dozen Young Girls Confirmed Missing from Christian Camp After Devastating Texas Floods
New details have been revealed surrounding the young girls who remain missing after devastating floods hit Texas this week
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a press conference that 23 girls remain unaccounted for out of 750 from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls-only summer camp near the Guadalupe River
Many of the girls’ family members spoke with local outlets as they continue to search for them
New details have been revealed about some of the young girls who remain missing after devastating floods hit Texas this week.
At least 24 people have died in Kerr County, and one person has died in Kendall County, after the catastrophic floods hit central Texas on Friday, July 4, CNN reported.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a press conference that 23 girls remain unaccounted for out of 750 from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls-only summer camp near the Guadalupe River, per Dallas outlet WFAA. (Floods in the river caused it to reach its second-highest height ever, according to ABC affiliate Eyewitness News.)
Trump will visit Texas to tour flood-devastated region
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that President Donald Trump will be visiting the devastating flooding “later this week.”
She called what happened a “once in a generation national disaster” and urged “everyone in the area to remain vigilant, listen to all warnings and respond accordingly.”
Leavitt said the visit would likely come Friday, but that no final decision had been made.
She also bristled at suggestions that deep Trump administration cuts to federal services may have affected authorities’ response to the flooding.
She blamed Democrats and said that faulting “President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie” and insisted that the National Weather Service “did its job” in spreading warnings about possible catastrophic funding.
Texas floods death toll climbs to more than 100
The death toll from flash floods that struck central Texas on Friday has now climbed to more than 100 people and an unknown number of others are missing.
Search and rescue teams are wading through mud-piled riverbanks as more rain and thunderstorms threaten the region, but hope was fading of finding any more survivors four days after the catastrophe.
Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls’ summer camp, confirmed at least 27 girls and staff were among the dead. Ten girls and a camp counsellor are still missing.
The White House meanwhile rejected suggestions that budget cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) could have inhibited the disaster response.
At least 84 of the victims – 56 adults and 28 children – died in Kerr County, where the Guadalupe River was swollen by torrential downpours before daybreak on Friday, the July Fourth public holiday.
Some 22 adults and 10 children have yet to be identified, said the county sheriff’s office.