Texas Flash Flood Death Toll Rises To 24

Fuente: International Business Times

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick read out a message from the director of Camp Mystic saying it had sustained 'catastrophic' flooding AFP The death toll from flash floods in south-central Texas rose to 24 on Friday, officials said, as the search for at least 20 girls missing from a summer camp continued. "At this point we're at about 24 fatalities," Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told an evening press conference as rescue teams scrambled to locate stranded residents in the region northwest of San Antonio. Some of the dead were children, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said at a previous news conference.