On a celebratory holiday like Independence Day, there’s an awful tragedy unfolding in the Hill Country of Texas, in the center of the state, according to multiple sources, with flooding forcing citizens to higher ground amid reports of up to 13 dead. There is also a girls’ summer camp in peril, in Hunt, a suburb of San Antonio, as 23 girls are reportedly missing in the deluge.
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via the Texas Tribune:
Officials said as many as 13 bodies have been found and 23 girls from Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls’ camp, have not been accounted for after a catastrophic flood that swept through Kerr County overnight Friday morning.
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As much as 10 inches of heavy rain fell in just a few hours overnight in central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River. [Texas Lt. Gov. Dan] Patrick said the river, which winds through Kerr County in Central