The clean-up and search work is still underway
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Even several days after the devastating flood disaster in the US state of Texas, the number of fatalities has increased further. According to the authorities on Tuesday, at least 108 people died. 87 corpses were recovered in the most affected district of Kerr. Among the dead are at least 27 girls and supervisors of a Christian summer camp. More than 160 people are still missing.
“161 people are missing in the district of Kerr alone,” said the Texas governor Greg Abbott in front of journalists on Tuesday. The number is based on missing person reports by friends, relatives and neighbors.
Water level increased by eight meters
In Texas, the water level of the Guadalupe river rose by eight meters in the night of heavy rainfall after heavy rainfall. In the popular holiday region, many people had campaigned on the US national holiday and the following weekend.
Hundreds of rescue workers continue their search for people on Tuesday who had been carried away in the catastrophe. Ben Baker from the Texas wildlocks said that the search and rescue work were extremely difficult because of the water and mud.