by (Reuters) – The death toll in Kerr County crawled on Tuesday to 87 as search and rescue efforts continued by the flooding central Texas, according to officials in the provincial struck by the disaster, who killed more than 100 people.
Deleted rains before the dawn on Friday surpassed the Guadalupe River, who burst his banks and killed dozens of people, leaving mutilated piles of debris, trees and cars.
At least 56 adults and 30 children were killed in Kerr County, Sheriff Larry Leitha said during a press conference, with even more than two dozen victims that still have to be identified. Authorities did not determine whether the 87th victim was an adult or child.
Some victims spent their summer in Camp Mystic near the banks of the river, and five children and one camp consultant were not yet justified on Tuesday.
Local officials have confronted with angry questions about whether they could have warned people earlier about dangerous flash flames in Texas Hill Country.
Rescue teams from neighboring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to look for survivors, who have been hindered by thunderstorms.
“The work is extremely treacherous, time-consuming,” said Lieutenant Colonel Ben Baker of the Texas Game Warden at the press conference. “It’s dirty work. The water is still there.”
US President Donald Trump is planning to visit the destroyed region this week, a spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York and Rich Mckay in Atlanta; Edit by Rod Nickel)
