Texas floods: 133 dead as report claims Camp Mystic leader received flood warning hour before disaster

Flash flood warnings remain in effect across parts of Central Texas Tuesday morning as thunderstorms and torrential rain continue to soak the region

A fresh wave of floods battered Central Texas on Monday, delaying some rescue efforts as the death toll climbed to 133.

Officials ordered volunteer crews to suspend search operations near the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, as the area hit hardest by catastrophic flash flooding on July 4 faced further flood threats.

A broad swath of the Hill Country remained under flood watch alerts Tuesday morning, while officials warned of “life-threatening” flash floods across parts of South Central Texas.

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott said that the number of people missing statewide had fallen to 97, a significant reduction from the 173 unaccounted for that he announced almost a week ago.

It comes amid a Washington Post report that Richard “Dick” Eastland, the Camp Mystic executive director who died in the July 4 disaster, received a severe flood warning on his phone an hour before floodwaters slammed into the all-girls summer camp.

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