Volunteers flow to help

Justin Rubio woke up in the early hours of an alert on his phone, thunder, sirens, and to remove the helicopter blades – one beginning of The largest rescue operations In the history of Texas. Rubio is designed to be part of it.

until authorities In CARE, volunteers have repeatedly arrested civilians, and Rubio and dozens of others went out on Monday to search for people who are still missing after the floods in Texas Hill ripped at the end of the fourth week of July.

Emotions concluded in the disaster At least 100 people were killed – The desire to help find those who are still missing – sometimes they were hit by officials to the structure and safety during their research more than 60 miles (100 km) along the Guadalobi River.

The river grew the size of a two -storey building in less than an hour on Friday. Description of one of the survivors ” Black death wall stadium." The coasts that destroy the floods, tree trees from the ground, and threw a ram and crushed truck, the buildings disappeared and were swept through a The summer camp, which dates back to a century Packed with children.

Rubio, who chose through the ends of torn trees on Monday, said he could only play.

He said: “It is sad. He eats in your soul, he eats in your heart.” “I can’t sit at home, I am thinking about what is happening here.”

Volunteers say this chimney is a Texas strain of solidarity, and officials have praised donations and volunteers in other areas.

However, when it comes to search and rescue, the volatile weather and a warning of sudden floods on Sunday afternoon increased the authorities’ concerns that unorganized volunteers may end up to missing or dead.

On Sunday and Monday, officials began closing more search sites for volunteers, instead they direct them to the local salvation army.

“We need centered volunteers and coordinators, not random people who appear and do what they are doing,” said the mayor of Kerville Joe Hering Junior. "We still hope for every foot, every mile, every curve of the river. “

Some families felt frustrated at the pace, but officials ask for patience with the expansion of the search area and an unlimited systematic approach. It is a comprehensive process with 19 local agencies, a various government agency, drones, dogs, boats and helicopters.

Officials put a network on the search area. Dalton Rice, director of the city of Kerville, said at a press conference on Monday morning that each part could reach more than a mile (2 km) and takes between an hour and three hours to search.

Rice repeated the volunteers, “stay away from the road" So that the first respondents do not have the nature of a guarantee “the volunteers do not become” victims of themselves. “

When he asked the volunteers by official respondents to leave sites in Kurville, some moved to help research in the non -integrated center community on Monday, said Kord Chevlette, who was gathering the volunteers through a Facebook post.

On Sunday, Chevlette had a lie on Facebook that two girls had been rescued in a month after the flood, but he said on Monday that he had received bad information and apologized.

The error caught our attention to us, MP Cheeb Roy, who represents the region and urged people to be careful of the wrong news.

“It is not fair to families and pays the attention of law enforcement,” Roy posted on the social platform x.

At Center Point on Monday, dozens of non -referendum volunteers, including Rubio and Brayn Daton, gathered at the afternoon heat. Datton, an old warrior, had said he had friends in the flood -affected RV camp, was waiting for the work to get to join large numbers of residents who go out to help and provide food.

“We are doing what we can do,” Datton said. “Thus Texas.”