Texas (KXAN) – Tuesday falls on five days of floods in central Texas, which killed more than 100 people. As survivors start recovery efforts, local emergency respondents continue to search for missing persons in many provinces.
Below are the main headlines:
- Texas affected by the floods: find shelter, supplies and assistance
- Why was the sudden floods in the center of Texas very disastrous? Read the meteorological world blog post, Freddy Villa.
- Our previous live blogs: July 4, July 5, July 6, July 7.
- “Total Destruction”: 10 is still missing in Travis Province, Big Sandy Kreik destroyed
- “Hunt Strong”: Icon Community, The Hunt Store, destroyed in Flood Kerr Co.
- Austin Fire Chief defends the response after accusations of delaying help in the CARE province floods; The head of the Firefighters Association in Austin does not invite any confidence vote
Latest updates
6:30 am: KXan will be at two press conferences this morning, with the first at 10 am, when CARE province officials submit updates on their situation. Care County was exposed to the most difficult in the floods on July 4.
The Austin Firefighters Association contacted a press conference at 11 am there, and the AFA president is expected to call for a vote without confidence in Joel Baker, Austin Fire, who refuted the requests of the AFA president.
6:28 am: As we start on Tuesday, the death toll of the floods remains in 104 – 25 people are still missing in the provinces of Kerr, Travis, Burnet and Williamson.