Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Gov. Greg Abbott vowed that authorities will work around the clock and said new areas were being searched as the water receded. He declared Sunday a day of prayer for the state.

AccuWeather said the private forecasting company and the National Weather Service sent warnings about potential flash flooding hours beforehand.

Authorities and elected officials have said they did not expect such an intense downpour, the equivalent of months’ worth of rain for the area.

The county had considered a flood warning system on the river similar to a tornado warning siren about six or seven years ago, but Kelly said the idea never got off the ground and the cost would have been an issue.

There is a reason it is ilegal (at least in Spain) to have campings in historically active ravines. This happened after the much similar incident in Biescas almost 30 years ago.

Sorry but you can't depend on forecasting for everything. The earth has showed us again and again that if it gets the shits you better not be in the way.