Texas floods death toll from climbs to more than 100

The number of deaths against the sudden floods that struck the center of Texas on Friday have now climbed to more than 100 people and an unknown number of others are missing.

Research and rescue teams are wading in muds folded while more rain and thunderstorms threaten the region, but hope was to find other survivors four days after the disaster.

Camp Mystic, a Christian Summer Camp for girls, confirmed that at least 27 girls and the staff were one of the dead. Ten girls and a camp advisor are always missing.

Meanwhile, the White House rejected the suggestions that budget cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) could have inhibited the response in the event of a disaster.

At least 84 of the victims – 56 adults and 28 children – died in Kerr county, where the Guadalupe river was inflated by torrential showers before Daybreak on Friday, the fourth holiday.

Some 22 adults and 10 children have not yet been identified, said the County sheriff’s office.

Camp Mystic said in a statement on Monday: “Our hearts are shattered alongside our families who endure this unimaginable tragedy.”

Richard Eastland, 70, co-owner and director of Camp Mystic, died trying to save the children, reported Austin American-Statesman.

Pastor Local Del Way, who knows the Eastland family, told the BBC: “The whole community will miss it [Mr Eastland]. He died a hero. “”

In its latest forecasts, the NWS predicted slower thunderstorms, which has potentially brought more sudden floods in the region.

Critics of the Trump administration have sought to link the disaster to thousands of job cuts to the NWS parental agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The NWS office responsible for forecasts in the region had five employees in service while thunderstorms were breaking Texas on Thursday evening, the usual number for a quarter of night when bad weather is expected.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected attempts to blame the president.

“It was an act of God,” she said on Monday a daily briefing.

“It is not the fault of the administration that the flood struck when it did, but there have been early and coherent warnings and, once again, the National Weather Service has done its job.”

She pointed out that the NWS office in Austin-San Antonio had led information sessions on local authorities on the eve of the flood and sent flood monitoring that afternoon, before issuing numerous flood warnings that evening and at the time of July 4 dawn.

Trump pushed back when he was asked on Sunday if the federal government cuts hampered the response in the event of a disaster, initially seeming to blame himself for what he called “the configuration of Biden”, referring to his Democratic predecessor.

“But I wouldn’t blame Biden either,” he added. “I would just say it’s a 100 -year disaster.”

Texas senator, Ted Cruz, a Republican, told a press conference on Monday that it was not the moment of “partisan size point”.

A local activist, Nicole Wilson, has a petition calling for the creation of flood sirens in the county of Kerr – something in place in other counties.

Such a system has been debated in Kerr County for almost a decade, but the funds have never been allocated.

The LT of Texas, Governor Dan Patrick, admitted on Monday that these sirens could have saved lives and said that they should be in place next summer.

Meanwhile, condolences have continued to flock around the world.

King Charles II wrote to President Trump to express his “deep sadness” about catastrophic floods.

The king “offered his deepest sympathy” to those who have lost dear beings, said the British Embassy of Washington.