The Kerrville Larry County Sheriff, said 38 adults and 21 children were killed in that district, while for another 18 adults and four children were awaited certificates.
He added that 11 girls from the Mystic camp and one advisor remain disappeared.
Mayor Kerrville Don Herring Junior, he said, “Our goal is to save people who are in danger.”
Anthony, one of the affected inhabitants, he said he lost everything in the floods because his house was filled with mud and waste, writes the BBC journalist Angélica Casas.
The US President Donald Trump was now advertised, who stated that he signed the declaration of the Great Kerr District in Texas, so that the rescuers immediately get the necessary resources.
More Than 800 People Have Been Evacuated or Rescued As The Search for Texas Flood Survivors Intensifies. https://t.co/mycw63ehds pic.twitter.com/pnnrrex93z
– USA Today (@usatoday) July 6, 2025
In publication on the Social Network of Truth Social, Trump states that families of the dead and missing “experience the unimaginable tragedy”.
He reiterated that his administration continues to cooperate closely with state and local leaders.
He added that “Minister of Internal Security Kristi Noem was in the field with Governor Greg Abbott, who invests great efforts to help the people of their great state.”
While city officials answered the questions of journalists, the city manager of Dalton Rice journalists asked why people were not evacuated before sudden floods.
Rice reiterated that the currently top priority is a re-gathering of families.
“Until we gather families, we won’t stop,” he said, then came out of the room.
While leaving the hall, journalists asked him numerous questions about whether any warnings were issued at all, and one of the journalists exclaimed, “There are families who deserve a better answer than that.”
Sister Blair Harber (13) and Brooke Harber (11) are among the tens of dead in catastrophic floods.
Girls were not on the Mystic camp, but were in the central Texas visiting relatives. Their death confirmed the Catholic community of St. Rite on Saturday.
According to the church, the girls stayed with his grandparents – who still disappeared – near the Guadalupa River.
Their parents were placed in a separate hut and were not injured, the US CBS News reports, BBC partner.
(Vijesti.ba)
