INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Rescuers searched Saturday (Jul 5) for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused
evacuated people at 850, including eight reported injured.Addressing a press conference earlier, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he was
expanding a state disaster declaration and was requesting additional federal resources from US President Donald Trump.Texas Department of
Emergency Management chief Nim Kidd said air, ground and water-based crews were scouring the length of the Guadalupe River for survivors and
worth of rain fell in a matter of hours, causing the Guadalupe River to rise by 8m in 45 minutes.The National Weather Service warned that
unusual.But scientists say that in recent years human-driven climate change has made extreme weather events like floods, droughts and heat
waves more frequent and more intense.DEVASTATION AT CAMP MYSTICOn Saturday, Sheriff Leitha said 27 children from the Camp Mystic Christian
summer camp in the flooded Kerr County were still missing
Around 750 girls were enrolled at the camp.US media reported that four of the missing girls were dead, citing their families.The camp,
located along the banks of the Guadalupe, was a picture of disarray, with blankets, mattresses, teddy bears and other belongings scattered
across buildings.The windows of camp cabins were shattered, apparently by the force of the water.Michael, who only gave AFP his first name,
criticism from scientists and disaster management agencies after cutting funding and hundreds of staff at the NOAA, in charge of weather
was not known how many people may have been visiting the popular camping area, and declined to give an overall figure for how many were
