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Yahoo
28 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Texas flooding: Desperate families post pictures of children as 23 girls remain missing
Texas parents frantically posted photos of their young daughters on social media with pleas for information as they remain missing after flash flooding. More than 20 campers from an all-girls summer camp were unaccounted for Friday after floods tore through the state's south-central region. At least 24 people were reported dead Friday and dozens missing after months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said. The flood-prone region is dotted with century-old summer camps that draw thousands of kids annually from across the Lone Star State. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said about 23 girls attending Camp Mystic, a Christian camp along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, were unaccounted for Friday afternoon. Search teams were working to conduct helicopter and boat rescues in the fast-moving floodwaters. 'I'm asking the people of Texas, do some serious praying this afternoon — on-your-knees kind of praying — that we find these young girls,' Patrick said. Dozens of families shared in local Facebook groups that they received devastating phone calls from safety officials informing them that their daughters had not yet been located among the washed-away camp cabins and downed trees. Camp Mystic said in an email to parents that if they have not been contacted directly, their child is accounted for. The camp sits on strip known as 'flash flood alley,' said Austin Dickson, CEO of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, a charitable endowment that is collecting donations to help nonprofits responding to the disaster. 'When it rains, water doesn't soak into the soil,' Dickson said. 'It rushes down the hill.' Camp leaders said they are without power, Wi-Fi and running water, and the highway leading to the camp has washed away. Two other camps on the river, Camp Waldemar and Camp La Junta, said in Instagram posts that all campers and staff there were safe.
Washington Post
34 minutes ago
- Washington Post
CWG Live updates: Lots of sun and rising temperatures this weekend
Welcome to updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists. Happening now: Temperatures are up a notch today and so is humidity. Feeling more like July after a bit of a humidity break yesterday. What's next? Near and above 90 day after day ahead. A slight chance of storms early week may grow by Wednesday. Today's daily digit — 7/10: Pretty standard for early July, but humidity is still on the lower than usual side. | 🤚 Your call? The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day's weather, on a 0-to-10 scale. Forecast in detail Today (Saturday): We stick with lots of sun. A light south wind is beginning to bring in some humidity again, but not too bad. 86 to 91 for highs. Gusts around 10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High Tonight: Skies remain largely clear. Evening is fairly pleasant, with about 80 near sunset. Mid-60s to near 70 for lows. Confidence: Medium-High Tomorrow (Sunday): Mostly sunny skies persist. Temperatures are similar to today, perhaps a degree or so higher, with mainly upper 80s to low 90s a good bet. Humidity is closing in on high by late day, which adds at least 5 degrees to the heat index. Confidence: Medium-High Tomorrow night: Humidity is back in full swing so that means readings don't dip much overnight. Lows range across the 70s. Confidence: Medium-High A look ahead Right around 90 again on Monday as high humidity hangs on. We could see a few late day storms, though most spots look to stay dry. Confidence: Medium Similar Tuesday. It should be another 90 or higher in the city and most spots nearby. A chance of late-day storms again, but probably more on the miss than hit side. Confidence: Medium A front gets a bit closer by midweek which may up the odds of rain by Wednesday or Thursday. Highs remain near average, which is 90. Confidence: Medium Today's daily digit — 7/10: Pretty standard for early July, but humidity is still on the lower than usual side. | 🤚 Your call? The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day's weather, on a 0-to-10 scale. Forecast in detail Today (Saturday): We stick with lots of sun. A light south wind is beginning to bring in some humidity again, but not too bad. 86 to 91 for highs. Gusts around 10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High Tonight: Skies remain largely clear. Evening is fairly pleasant, with about 80 near sunset. Mid-60s to near 70 for lows. Confidence: Medium-High Tomorrow (Sunday): Mostly sunny skies persist. Temperatures are similar to today, perhaps a degree or so higher, with mainly upper 80s to low 90s a good bet. Humidity is closing in on high by late day, which adds at least 5 degrees to the heat index. Confidence: Medium-High Tomorrow night: Humidity is back in full swing so that means readings don't dip much overnight. Lows range across the 70s. Confidence: Medium-High A look ahead Right around 90 again on Monday as high humidity hangs on. We could see a few late day storms, though most spots look to stay dry. Confidence: Medium Similar Tuesday. It should be another 90 or higher in the city and most spots nearby. A chance of late-day storms again, but probably more on the miss than hit side. Confidence: Medium A front gets a bit closer by midweek which may up the odds of rain by Wednesday or Thursday. Highs remain near average, which is 90. Confidence: Medium
CNN
an hour ago
- CNN
In pictures: Deadly flooding in Texas
Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in parts of central Texas, killing more than 20 people. In Kerr County, more than 20 girls are missing from Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp located along a river that rose more than 20 feet in less than two hours. It 'does not mean they are lost,' Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick cautioned, while Gov. Greg Abbott said that search and rescue operations will continue through the night. Throughout Kerr County, more than 230 people have been rescued or evacuated so far, many by helicopter, authorities said. Some areas saw a month's worth of rain in just a few hours overnight into Friday. Heavy rain is expected to continue Saturday.
