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North Texas grieves arsenic flood calamity hits location
One of 3 North Texas girls missing from Camp Mystic successful the aftermath of catastrophic Central Texas flooding has been confirmed dead, her household said Saturday.
Lila Bonner, 9, of Dallas, was among 23 to 25 girls from the campy who had been unaccounted for pursuing the flash floods that swept done Kerr County aboriginal Friday.
North Texas girls among the inactive missing
Among those inactive missing from North Texas are Hadley Hanna, 8, and Eloise Peck, some from Dallas.
Hadley Hanna
Lila Bonner, 9, of Dallas (right), has been confirmed dormant aft being reported missing from Camp Mystic pursuing the Central Texas flash floods. Eloise Peck (left), besides from Dallas, remains missing.
Dozens dead, galore inactive missing
Officials accidental dozens person died arsenic floodwaters proceed to ravage the Hill Country. Rescue operations stay ongoing for the missing youths. Authorities caution that not each of the girls are confirmed missing — immoderate whitethorn beryllium unreachable owed to storm-related connection outages — but the uncertainty has near families anxiously awaiting updates.
According to the camp's website, children go eligible to be Camp Mystic, located successful Hunt, Texas, on the Guadalupe River, aft completing the 2nd grade.
Large-scale effect underway
In response, authorities person launched a large-scale hunt effort, deploying 14 helicopters, Texas crippled wardens, and specialized rescue teams. Several children person already been rescued from trees and different stranded locations.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has publically reassured families, stating that the authorities is doing "everything humanly possible" to find and bring the campers to safety.
"I privation each of you to know, we volition bash everything humanly imaginable 24/7 — looking astatine each tree, overturning each rock, immoderate it takes — if your kid is 1 of those genuinely missing and not conscionable retired of touch, to find your daughter," Patrick said.
Families crook to societal media
Meanwhile, families of the missing girls person turned to societal media, sharing photos and heartfelt messages successful hopes of gathering immoderate information. Their posts bespeak some the urgency and affectional toll of the situation.
CBS News Texas is intimately monitoring developments and remains committed to providing timely, close updates arsenic caller accusation emerges from some authorities and the families themselves.
Doug Myers is simply a integer contented shaper for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for 4 newspapers successful Texas and Louisiana and for 3 tv stations successful Texas. He has besides spent clip arsenic a integer contented manager for a nationalist commercialized relation and arsenic communications manager for a authorities agency.
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