Only three people missed – since almost 100 counts – Texas Hill Country If massive floods were beaten on July 4, officials said on Saturday.
Officials praised the rescuers for the strong reduction in the number of people on the missing list: just a few days after the catastrophic flood, more than 160 people should not be taken into account in Kerr County alone.
“This remarkable progress reflects countless hours of coordinated search and rescue operations, careful investigative work and an unshakable commitment to clarity and hope for families in an unimaginably difficult time,” said Dalton Rice, City Manager from Kerrville.
The number of fatalities in Kerr County, 107, kept a large part of this week, even when the intensive search continued.
The flash Floods At least 135 people killed on the holiday weekend in Texas.
Shortly before the day of the day on July 4th, the destructive and rapidly moving water on the Guadalupe rose 26 feet (8 meters) and washed houses and vehicles away.
The floods have the waste to the Hilly countryA popular tourist destination where camper places along the river are looking for in the Rolling landscape. It is of course susceptible to fall floods because its dry, dirt -packed soil cannot absorb a heavy rain.
Holiday huts, campsites for youth camps fill the river banks and hills from Kerr County, including Camp mystical, A centuriesal Christian summer camp for girls. Camp Mystic is located at least 27Camper and consultant.
The floods were far more serious than the 100-year event, which was presented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said experts and moved so quickly in the middle of the night that it was unprepared in a district that was missing a warning system.
In Kerrville, about 160 kilometers west of Austin, local officials were asked whether the residents were adequately warned of the rising waters.
President Donald Trump and the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, have aggressively returned to questions of how well the local authorities reacted to forecasts of heavy rain and the first reports on fall floods.
The crews searched for victims who use helicopter, boats and drones. Earlier efforts were hindered by rain forecasts and some crews for stopping or stopping due to more floods.
