Texas, Death Toll
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Texas, catastrophic flooding
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The family of toddler Clay Parisher confirmed his death from the flooding in Kerr County as relatives were at the family's home to celebrate the July 4th holiday A 20-month-old toddler has died in last week’s flooding that devastated Kerr County in Texas, according to the child’s family.
As of Sunday afternoon, Sheriff Larry Leitha of Kerr County, where the worst of the flooding occurred, said authorities had recovered the bodies of 40 adults and 28 children. Among those still missing were 10 children and a counselor from Camp Mystic,
Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother, as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home, were simply, “I love you.”
A Texas family who survived the devastating and deadly floods describe waking up in the middle of the night to rising waters inside their home. They told CBS Evening News co-anchor Maurice DuBois how they escaped.