Texas Flash Floods: Over 100 Dead, 160+ Still Missing in Hill Country

Texas flash floods, Texas flood death toll: More than 100 people are dead and at least 160 are missing as search and rescue efforts in central Texas enter day 5 after heavy rain caused the Guadalupe River to flood and send water rushing through homes and summer camps.

The death toll has risen to at least 110, including at least 27 children and counselors from beloved Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' camp in Kerr County where the flooding started on July 4. At least 30 of the dead were children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said Tuesday morning.

The number of missing tripled after officials set up a hotline for families to call and report people believed to be missing.

Many of the missing were staying in Texas’s Hill Country without registering at a camp or hotel, according to Governor Greg Abbot. Most were reported missing in Kerr County where most of the bodies have been found so far.

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The lowlands along the Guadalupe River in central Texas are filled with youth camps and campgrounds that are popular during summer holidays, so it’s hard to know how many are missing.

The big jump in missing came after they set up the hotline.

We will not stop until every missing person is accounted for, Abbot said during a news conference in Hunt, Texas, after taking a helicopter tour of the area.

Republican Governor Abbot, who took a helicopter tour of the disaster zone, dismissed a question about who was to blame for the deaths and said, “That’s the word choice of losers.”

“Every football team makes mistakes,” he said. “The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who’s to blame. The championship teams are the ones who say, ’Don’t worry about it, man, we got this. We’re going to make sure that we go score again and we’re going to win this game.' The way winners talk is not to point fingers.”

US President Donald Trump is supposed to visit Texas on Friday. Abbot said Trump has promised to give Texas whatever it needs to recover.

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The Guadalupe River rose more than 8 feet in 45 minutes last Friday and destroyed homes, camps, and vehicles. The disaster happened as heavy rain continued to fall across Texas into the weekend, and more flash flood warnings were issued.

The hills along the Guadalupe in central Texas are dotted with youth camps and campgrounds. The area is especially popular around the 4th of July, so it’s harder to know how many are missing.

Forecast services AccuWeather and the National Weather Service had issued warnings about flash flooding hours before the disaster.

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