Texas camp ‘grieving the loss' of 27 children and counselors following catastrophic floods
Rescuers in the US state of Texas on Monday searched for bodies swept away by flash floods that killed more than 80 people, including 27 girls and counselors at a summer camp.
The nation was shocked at the disaster over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and forecasters warned that thunderstorms threatened more flooding over saturated ground.
"Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding," the camp said in a statement.
"Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy."
US President Donald Trump said he may visit Texas later this week, but brushed off concerns his cuts to weather forecasting and related federal agencies had weakened warning systems.
Instead, he described the floods in the early hours of Friday as a "100-year catastrophe" that "nobody expected."
Camp Mystic, one of the worst-hit, was an all-girl Christian camp where about 750 people had been staying with the floodwaters struck.
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