(Washington) The Texas authorities have clearly revised down the number of people who have disappeared after the catastrophic floods that occurred in early July, adding that research continued to find three people in the hardest affected area.
Kerr County, an epicenter of the floods, “may confirm that three individuals remain missing at this stage after the July 4 disaster,” he said in a statement on Saturday evening, adding that the “number of disappeared people dropped from more than 160 to three”.
“In -depth follow -up work” made it possible to determine that many of the people initially missing were in fact safe, added the press release.
The rescue teams have raised the banks of the Guadalupe river, in Kerr County, hoping to find the bodies of the people who were missing.
“We are deeply grateful to the more than 1,000 local and federal agents who have worked tirelessly following the devastating floods that have struck our community,” said an official in Kerrville.
Dozens of deaths have been reported in other neighboring counties, with the body of at least one person in the county of Burnet who has not yet been found, according to local authorities.
At least 135 people died in central Texas, including more than 36 children, after heavy rains that caused sudden floods at the start of the July 4 weekend, national day in the United States.
The floods of the Guadalupe river were particularly devastating for the holiday colony camp Mystic which was held on its banks, where 27 children and monitors perished.
US President Donald Trump visited the devastated places on July 11, when the questions were increasingly pressing on the management of the crisis by local authorities and the impact of the Trump administration’s budget cuts on national meteorological services.
