Austin, Texas (AP) – The search for victims of fatal floods in Texas Hill Country is directed to the third week because the officials try to determine exactly how many people remain, and the legislators prepare for discussing the first reaction of the authorities and providing better warning systems.
On July fourth, falling floods killed at least 135 people in Texas on July fourth. The hilly country is of course susceptible to fall floods, since its parched, dirt -packed floor cannot absorb a bulky rain.
Texas legislation is to be convened for a special meeting on Monday. Governor Greg Abbott initially called back the legislators to Texas State Capitol in Austin, but he and legislative leaders have added problems in connection with floods.
How many people stay missing?
State officials had said that around 160 people were not taken into account in Kerr County alone, but now they say that about 100 in Kerr and other counties are still missing.
Kerr County officials said that the number of people missing was decreased when the victims were restored, contact with people who were secured, and some reports were found as unfounded or counterfeit. They also said that the missing list fluctuates when reports come to a hotline.
The floods wasted the hilly country. Holiday huts, campsites for youth camps fill the river banks and hills of Kerr County, and Camp Mystic, a centuries -based Christian summer camp for girls in a deep area along the Guadalupe. At least 27 of his campers and consultants died.
The flood extends the agenda of legislators
Abbott called the special meeting and hoped that the legislature would be passed a measure to regulate a booming company in THC products after lodging a legislation that would have banned it. And since the floods, President Donald Trump has informed the Republicans who control the state government that they re -draw congress districts to support the opportunities of the GOP in the half -time elections next year.
According to Abbott, the legislator would also check the treatment of floods by the authorities and consider the improvement of warning systems for hilly country inhabitants. Kerr County has no warning system because state and local agencies have given the opportunity to finance one in the past ten years.
Trump and Abbott resorted to questions of how well the local authorities reacted to forecasts of bulky rain and the first reports on fall floods. The president described a reporter “bad” because he had raised such problems and said he thought “everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances.” Abbott rejected a question of who was responsible for death, as “the choice of losers” and used an analogy that began: “Every soccer team makes mistakes.”
“The way in which winners speak does not mean showing his fingers,” he concluded.
The legislature plan to visit the most hit district
Abbott has shown invoices in early warning systems and emergency communication as priorities for the special meeting of the legislature, which is planned for up to 30 days, as priorities.
The house and the Senate have formed special committees for floods and disaster prevention and plan a visit on July 31 in Kerrville, the seat of Kerr County, the most hit, to hear comments from residents.
The committees should begin with a joint hearing on Wednesday in order to examine the state’s reaction to the fatal floods. Planning for floods; Infrastructure for the management of floods; and communication between first aiders.
A legislative template, which was already introduced by the Republican MP Don McLaughlin, would have to define the state’s highest public health officer in 100-year exhibitions on building standards for youth camps as a high risk with a 1% chance of flooding in a certain year.
During a recent press conference, the Republican MP Drew Darby, a member of the House Committee, said that the legislature would not be to bring back flood victims or to reverse the floods.
“But we can learn from it,” he said.
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Hanna reported on Topeka, Kansas. Jamie Stengle in Dallas and Jim Vertuno in Austin contributed to Associated Press writer.
