Emergency crews suspend the search for flood victims in central Texas, amid new warnings of floods

Emergency crews stopped their search for catastrophic flood victims in central Texas on Sunday morning amid new warnings that the additional rains will again lead to an increase in waterways.

This was the first time that a new round of harsh weather stopped searching since the floods earlier this month.

Ingram firefighter officials have ordered that the search crews evacuate the Guadalobi River corridor immediately in Kiir Province until further notice, warning of a high flash flood. Search and rescue teams are looking for missing victims in the weekend on July 4.

The firefighting department spokesman Brian Luchti said it is expected to resume research and elegance on Monday, depending on the flow of the river.

“We are working with a few crews, air boats and sar (search and rescue) boats in a state,” Luchti said.

As heavy rains dropped on Sunday, predictors in the national weather service warned that the Guadalobi River may rise to nearly 4.6 meters by Sunday, about 1.5 meters above the flooding stage and move to the 39 -road bridge near Hunt underwater.

“Many high schools and bridges were overwhelmed by water and very dangerous,” said a warning.

The destroyed water rose eight meters away on the Guadalobi River in just 45 minutes of dawn on July 4, as it washed homes and vehicles. Since then, the researchers have used helicopters, boats and drones to search for victims and save the people who were cut off in the trees and from the isolated camps through washed roads.

The floods were placed a waste to the Hill Rural area in Texas. The banks of the river and hills in Kiir Province are filled with a holiday cabin, youth camps and camps, including mystic camp, and the Christian summer camp of a century of girls.

The CAMP MYSTIC is located in a low area along the Guadalobi River in an area known as Flash Flood, and Camp Mystic has lost at least 27 camps, consultants and owner for a long time Dick Estland.

Experts said that the flood was more severe than the 100 -year -old event by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and moved very quickly in the middle of the night that it had caught a lot of guard in a boycott that lacks a warning system.

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For nearly a week has passed since the search and rescue crews began their efforts to recover for the flood victims in central Texas. As water levels decline, the teams find a new challenge to confront it: huge hills of debris.

This summer, the sudden floods led by throats from heavy rain turned to another place in Texas. In San Antonio in June, more than 18 cm of rain fell over hours, prompting dozens of rescue operations from fast flooding and killing at least 13.