A Christian girls' summer camp in central Texas said on Monday that at least 27 campers and counselors were among those who perished in the catastrophic flooding over the July 4 weekend, while emergency responders still searching for dozens of missing people faced the prospect of more heavy rains and thunderstorms, APA reports citing Reuters.
The death toll from Friday's floods exceeds 80, and officials expect it to rise as search teams waded through mud-laden riverbanks and flew over the flood-stricken landscape, even as they still hope to find more survivors.
"This will be a rough week," Mayor Joe Herring Jr said at a briefing on Monday morning.
