Kerville, Texas (AP) – Crew was expected to resume on Monday Horrific flood victims In Texas, who killed at least 132 people after heavy rains, temporarily stopped his discovery and rescue operations.
Those efforts along the Gwadalup River stopped on Sunday after a new round of severe weather, which rescued water elsewhere and feared that the waterways could grow again over their banks.
This was the first time that efforts to search for the victims of the fourth flood of July were stopped due to serious weather. Officials believe that more than 160 people may still disappear alone in Ker County, and 10 more in neighboring areas.
In Kerville, where local officials Are under investigation On whether the residents were adequately warned about the growing water on the morning of July 4, the authorities went to some houses in the early hours of Sunday in the morning to go door-to-door so that people could be warned that the flood was possible again. The officials also pushed the people of the area to the phone alert.
During the break in the discoveries, the officials of the Ingram Fire Department ordered the corridor of the Guadalupa River to be immediately evacuated in Ker County, more likely to be a flash flood.
On Sunday afternoon, the County County Sheriff Office announced that the search team in the western part of that count can resume its efforts. Agency spokesman Brian Loche said that the Ingram Fire Department would resume its discovery and rescue efforts on Monday morning.
Latest floods damaged dozens of houses
Gov. Greg Abbott stated that the state on X defended dozens of people in San Saba, Lamps and Shletcher counties, and that they were happening in a handful of others.
About 100 houses were damaged in the latest round of floods and dropped the untold length of cattle fence, Ashley Johnson, CEO of Hill Country Community Action Association, CEO of a San Saba-based non-profit organization said.
“Anything you can imagine in a rural community, was damaged,” he said. “Our blessings were the light of the day and we knew that it was coming.”
With excess rainfall on the way, county officials ordered the evacuation of all living in flood-affected areas near San Saba River, people went to San Saba Civic Center, Johnson said.
A broad weather system brings heavy rainfall
The weather system brought several rounds of slow -moving storms and heavy rains in a broader area, pushing rivers and streams to their banks.
Rain made the north-northwards in Texas to be elated, where emergency staff rescued a motor driver, who was trapped in the waist-high rapids on a submerged bridge over the Bosk River.
Jeff Douglas, president of the McGregor Volunteer Fire Department, said, “He entered into it and did not realize how deep it was.”
In the city of Sonora, the city of West Texas, officials called for some neighborhood withdrawal due to flood waters. Sonora is located about 110 miles (177 km) in the north -west of Kerville.
Kerville residents get support from police, alert
Under heavy rains, Matthew Stone on Sunday cleaned the branches from a storm sewer in front of his house on the Guadalupi Street in Kerville and fed several inch water on the road.
Several houses on the road with a view of the Gwadalup River were severely affected by the floods of July 4. Stone said he was feeling safe for now.
“Police are coming forward, we are receiving a lot of alerts, we are getting a lot of support,” he said.
The fourth day of July before, Disastrous, rapid water 26 feet (8 m) roses, houses and vehicles washed on the Guadalup River. Ever since, the explorers have used helicopters, boats and drones to search for the victims.
Flood ruined Hill Country Area of TexasRiverbank and Hills of Ker County are filled with holiday cabins, youth camps and campgrounds Camp mystic, The Century-Old, All-Girls Christian Summer Camp.
Flash Flood Elle, located in a lower area on the banks of the Guadalup River in a region known as Camp Mystic Lost At least 27 campers and consultants,
The flood was much more serious than the 100 -year incident imagined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the experts said, and went so quickly in the middle of the night that it caught several offers in a county that it caught several offers in a county that Lack of a warning system,
___ Associated Press Correspondent Sophia Taaren in Chicago; Caroline Thompson in Buffalo, New York; Michael Veterantein contributed to the report at Juan Lozano in Houston and Dobes Pheri in New York.
Gabrila Aun, Associated Press
