67 dead in Texas flooding, including 21 children

Local officials in several Texas counties have now confirmed a total of 67 fatalities in connection with the flooding, including, 59 in Kerr County, four in Travis County, three in Burnet County and one death in Kendall County. During a news conference this morning, Kerr County officials said among the 59 victims there, 38 are adults and 21 are children. Of those, 18 adults and four children have yet to be identified.

11 campers and one counselor from Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp near the Guadalupe River, remain missing, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said Sunday morning. Officials in Kerrville did not directly answer questions about why camps were not evacuated, despite the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s warning days earlier a storm like this could occur. When pressed by reporters Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said, “That, that is a great question, but again, we want to make sure that we continue to focus. We still have 11 missing children that we want to get reunited with our families.” #CNN #News