From Monday evening, the number of flood deaths exceeded 100, including dozens of children from the local Mystic camp and several summer fields along the Guadalupe River.
A Volunteer Fire Fighters outside Acuña, Mexico, help rescue and recovery teams in Kerr county, Texas after Fatal floods devastated the area over the weekend of the fourth of July and killed more than 100 people.
According to one Government Agency of Protection Services in Mexico, The Civil Protection Water Rescue team and the cured firefighters were associated with the 911 non -profit organization Foundation to help in search efforts in Kerville, Texas.
The crew arrived early on Sunday morning and quickly began to work in search of dozens of people who were still missing.
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Jesús Gomez told CBS News Texas that his team recovered the body of a victim killed in the floods.
“It’s difficult, but the first ones who respond, we are a different race, almost,” Gomez said. “There are many things of mental health we have to do, but this is not the first time we have seen a dead body.”
Gomez said the search process is difficult, with much of the hand done by hand.
The team is from Acuña, a Mexican border city about 120 kilometers (193 kilometers) south -west of Kerville, Texas.
Jose Omar Llanas Hernandez told the station that while looking for Sunday, they found a dead victim less than 3 meters away. Hernandez added that he and his crew were proud to help in any country asking them.
The Civil Protection Water Rescue team is familiar with the water and flood conditions presented in the region, as they often carry out training operations along the Rio Grande river.
From Monday evening, the number of flood deaths exceeded 100, including dozens of children from the local Mystic camp and several summer fields along the Guadalupe River.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that 41 people were not counted throughout the state and that they could miss more. Camp Mystic says he is “loss” of 27 campers and counselors as the search continues.
The intense Friday’s descent was the equivalent of one month rain for the area. With more rain on Monday, the risk of more floods was still high in the saturated parts of the center of Texas.
Local officials have insisted that no one saw the flood potential, though the national Weather The service sent a series of flood warnings in the first hours Friday before issuing Flash flood emergencies, a rare alert that notified the imminent danger.
White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that local and federal meteorological services provided sufficient warnings to the Kerr county community before floods.
“It was an act of God. It is not the fault of the administration that the flood affected when it did, but there were early and consistent warnings, and again, the National Meteorological Service did his job,” said Leavitt.
He stated that on July 3, the NWS office in Austin-San Antonio made reports for local officials and issued a flood clock in the early afternoon.
It was followed by numerous flood warnings on the night of July 3 and the hours before dawn of July 4, giving a three -hour driving time before the flood.
In response to a later question about warnings and why they issued when people were asleep, Leavitt repeated that the offices were completely customized.