11 tourists, advisor however missing after deadly Texas storms: judge 

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha says that 11 guests and a tent advisor are still missing after strong storms inundated central Texas. Lots of people have been killed since raging waters slammed a part of northern Texas starting Friday. The death toll from flash floods rose to almost 70 on Sunday after investigators found more more systems in the hardest-hit Kerr County. The patients include youngsters who were camping along the Guadalupe River businesses. Authorities have said they will never cease searching until every person is found. Most of the murders coming in Kerr County in the state’s Hill Country. Besides the 59 dying in Kerr County — 38 people and 21 kids — more deaths were reported in Travis, Burnet and Kendall regions. 2:19 Texas storms: 27 confirmed lifeless as search continues for missing including more than 20 fresh girlsRescuers dealt with broken branches, rejected vehicles and muck-filled dust in a tough task to find victims. Officials still have not said how many people were missing beyond the children from Camp Mystic, a Christian summertime tent where most of the dead were recovered. With each passing hour, the prospect became more dark. Individuals and some people of the missing who drove to the hazard territory began searching the hillsides despite being asked not to do so. Regulators faced growing queries about whether plenty warnings were issued in place longer vulnerable to flooding and whether adequate preparations were made. The destructive, fast-moving waters rose 26 feet ( 8 meters ) on the river in only 45 minutes before daybreak Friday, washing away homes and vehicles. The risk was not over as flash flood watches remained in effect and more rain fell in central Texas on Sunday. Searchers used planes, ships and drones to look for sufferers and to save people stranded in branches and from tents isolated by washed-out roads. Authorities said more than 850 people were rescued in the first 36 hours. Gov. Greg Abbott vowed that officials will operate around the clock and said new places were being searched as the waters receded. He declared Sunday a time of meditation for the position. “ I urge every Texan to meet me in worship this Sunday — for the life lost, for those still missing, for the treatment of our communities, and for the health of those on the front lines, ” he said in a statement. In Rome, Pope Leo XIV offered special prayer for those touched by the hazard. History’s first American bishop spoke in English at the end of his Sunday lunch grace, “ I would like to express heartfelt condolences to all the people who have lost loved ones, in particular their sons who were in summer station, in the devastation caused by the flood of the Guadalupe River in Texas in the United States. We pray for them. ”2:06 Deadly, catastrophic flooding consumes central TexasThe hills along the Guadalupe River are dotted with century-old youth camps and campgrounds where generations of families have come to swim and enjoy the outdoors. The area is especially popular around the Independence Day holiday, making it more difficult to know how many are missing. “We don’t even want to begin to estimate at this time, ” Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said on Saturday. Trending Now What is liquefied natural gas? A closer look at Canada’s milestone shipment How Canada’s election may have left ‘gaps ’ in U. S. travel advice Survivors shared terrifying stories of being swept away and clinging to trees as rampaging floodwaters carried trees and cars past them. Others fled to attics inside their homes, praying the water would n’t reach them. At Camp Mystic, a cabin full of girls held onto a rope strung by rescuers as they walked across a bridge with water whipping around their legs. Among those confirmed dead were an eight-year-old girl from Mountain Brook, Alabama, who was at Camp Mystic, and the director of another camp up the road. Locals know the area as “ flash flood alley ” but the flooding in the middle of the night caught many campers and residents by surprise even though there were warnings. The National Weather Service on Thursday advised of potential flooding and then sent out a series of flash flood warnings in the early hours of Friday before issuing flash flood emergencies — a rare alert notifying of imminent danger. At the Mo-Ranch Camp in the community of Hunt, officials had been monitoring the weather and opted to move several hundred campers and attendees at a church youth conference to higher ground. At nearby Camps Rio Vista and Sierra Vista, organizers also had mentioned on social media that they were watching the weather the day before ending their second summer session Thursday. 0:26 Texas hit by severe storms, flooding with multiple people deadAuthorities and elected officials have said they did not expect such an intense downpour, the equivalent of months’ worth of rain for the area. U. S. Rep. Chip Roy, whose district includes the ravaged area, acknowledged that there would be second-guessing and finger-pointing as people look for someone to blame. —Cortez reported from Hunt, Texas, and Seewer from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press writers Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Nicole Winfield in Rome contributed.