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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HOUSTON, July 9 (Xinhua) — At least 119 people have been killed by devastating flooding in central Texas as of Wednesday morning, and the death toll is expected to rise, local authorities said.
At least 161 people remain missing in the hardest-hit county, including five girls and a counselor from a girls' summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leita confirmed.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday night that at least 173 people were missing across the state. He ordered state flags to be flown at half-staff until sunrise on July 14 in memory of the victims.
Three people were killed in flash floods that hit the town of Ruidoso in central southern New Mexico on Tuesday, New Mexico officials said.
Over the past decade, floods have killed an average of 113 people a year in the United States, accounting for nearly a sixth of all weather-related deaths, according to the National Weather Service. –0–
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