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Death toll from Texas floods reaches 59, including 21 children 07/06/25 09:57 AM
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Death toll from Texas floods reaches 59, including 21 children Story by Rich McKay and Tim Reid • 1h • 3 min read
By Rich McKay and Tim Reid
HUNT, Texas (Reuters) -The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached 59 on Sunday, including 21 children, law enforcement said, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day.
Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, the epicenter of the flooding, said 11 girls and a counselor remained missing from a camp near the Guadalupe River, which broke its banks after torrential rain fell in the central Texas area on Friday, the U.S. Independence Day holiday.
Leitha said there were 18 adults and four children still pending identification. He did not say if those 22 individuals were included in the death count of 59.
Officials said on Saturday that more than 850 people had been rescued, including some clinging to trees, after a sudden storm dumped up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain across the region, about 85 miles (140 km) northwest of San Antonio. It was unclear exactly how many people in the area were still missing.…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/death-toll-from-texas-floods-reaches-59-including-21-children/ar-AA1I4e8k?cvid=a4311a7a97b14d789b57f9e59af080ca&ei=9
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