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Death Toll Rises To 50, Rescue Operations Continue After Devastating Texas Floods

By Cullen McCue

 

At least 51 people, including 15 children, are confirmed dead after devastating flash flooding racked several communities in Central and West Texas starting on Friday. Rescue crews are also continuing the search for at least 27 children missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls camp located not far from the banks of the flooded Guadalupe River.

River levels in the areas of central Texas impacted by torrential rains early Friday have largely receded to where they were before the storm, according to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration flood gauges. The Guadalupe River — which rose more than 20 feet in two hours due to torrential downpours — is just about back to its pre-flood level as of Sunday morning.

Volunteers from more than six states are currently assisting with the rescue efforts. “The grassroots efforts on this have been amazing,” Ryan Logue, a Texas native and volunteer with the Louisiana-based Cajun Navy, told CNN. “We have had volunteers from over six states. I have people coming from Lubbock, Amarillo, over eight hours, 10 hours away in our own state, coming to help here…

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