A desperate search for more than two hours in the Guadalupe River has begun. These are the first images of the flash floods in the region that have killed at least 32 people, including 14 children. And tonight, the rescue effort is continuing to find at least 27 people still missing. AfterArc and rescue teams are not stopping anywhere. The heartbreaking moment a man is airlifted from floodwaters to safety is shown, and the devastation left behind at a campground in Kerrville where 36 RVs and 11 small homes are reported to have been swept away. Young Christian girls at a local elementary school, some parents, are being reunited with their children. I have a colleague whose daughter, a niece, was among those who were here, and it is affecting many people. Floodwaters rushed in after heavy rains early Friday morning. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning on Thursday, following a recent federal funding cut. The mayor of Kerrville announced that a fund has been set up for those willing to help. The easiest way to get information on this is. Other San Antonio-area Facebook pages are under disaster declaration, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed another disaster declaration on Saturday. Bexar County, Burnett, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Travis and Williamson counties were affected, with damage the size of a football field. It looks like a tornado has been tearing through the Rose River for about an hour, with a 26- to 30-foot diameter, but it’s not wind. It’s water. You can see the bark on trees being torn off as families wait and pray for the best, but fear the worst for now. Forecasters are issuing more severe weather warnings for other parts of the U.S. as Tropical Storm Chantel is expected to strengthen a bit before it makes landfall. The Canadian Hurricane Center said there is no chance of a major impact north of the border, but the remnants of the storm could contribute to increased rainfall in parts of Atlantic Canada.
in the update that more than 160 air rescues were part of this. The mayor of Kerrville, Texas, joined the news conference and said it was going to be a tough day. Please pray for us. We have Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick with us now. So thank you for letting me know about this early yesterday morning, the governor returned to the state last night. He took a break from his trip and came back early from his previous location. And so I was in Kerrville almost all day yesterday and as our emergency senator, hundreds of people on the ground, about 500 people in helicopters very quickly, drones flying in the sky. We couldn’t get any more helicopters because of the crowded space. He didn’t want any more disasters, but in this very sad situation, everyone did their best to help people in this camp who didn’t know much about this camp. It started in 1926. So we have generations of people. Who had their daughters go, who wanted their granddaughters who went, it touches so much of the state because so many people are connected to it. And so this camp is right where they would have the heaviest rain coming from above and below them and to put it in perspective, Dalton, the city manager, was jogging at about 3:30 in the morning and when he got home and got dressed and it hadn’t rained a drop, it started raining and within 45 minutes the water started coming down. The Guadalupe River started flooding within 45 minutes. The force of the water washed everything away because it was dry. So when it dried up the water just came down like a log. And so that water came in so strong and blew everything in its path and I don’t know how many people were in the little trailers next door, driving rental homes next door because it was the 4th of July holiday.
