Rescuers in Texas are racing against time to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash floods that killed at least 82 people, with forecasters warning of new deluges.
US President Donald Trump says he will “probably” visit the southern state on Friday.
The US president brushes off concerns his administration’s wide-ranging cuts to weather forecasting and related federal agencies had left local warning systems worse-off.
Instead, Trump describes the flash floods as a “100-year catastrophe” that “nobody expected.”
At least 40 adults and 28 children were killed in the worst-hit Kerr County in central Texas, Sheriff Larry Leitha says, while at least ten more people were killed by flooding in nearby areas.
“You will see the death toll rise today,” warns Texas public safety chief Freeman Martin at a press conference.
Gov. Greg Abbott says 41 people are unaccounted for across the state and more could be missing.
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