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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state will support Texas after major flooding swept through, killing more than 100 people, with dozens more still unaccounted for.
DeSantis said in an X post on Sunday that the Florida Division of Emergency Management is sending three swiftwater rescue teams to help with response and recovery.
"We're standing by to lend more help as requested," the governor said in the post.
The crew sent to Texas includes two rescue squads, 15 specialized personnel, four swift water boats and other emergency equipment as part of a mutual aid agreement between states.
“This was a biblical flood. It was much more than what I think they anticipated,” DeSantis said. “Texas has helped us when we’ve had different issues throughout the years, and we’re happy to step up.”
Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. said crews continue to search every bend of the Guadalupe River, with hopes still alive for survivors.
“This will be a rough week. Primary search continues and we remain hopeful,” the mayor said.
Also assisting in the effort is Tampa-based nonprofit Project DYNAMO. Its team of nearly 30, many of them former special forces veterans, has been working along the riverbank since Sunday.
“We’re looking for either people who are still survivors, pretty much, or, unfortunately in this case, cadavers,” Mario Duarte of Project DYNAMO said. "We want to bring military precision to humanitarian missions, and that's what we rely on, our training, our experience, our networks around the world or inside the country to make sure that we can bring all the capabilities needed to help our fellow Americans."
The number of deaths reached 104 on Monday. In hard-hit Kerr County, home to Camp Mystic, searchers have found the bodies of 84 people, including 28 children, Kerr County officials said.
The all-girls summer camp was ripped apart by flash floods, leaving campers' belongings scattered in cabins with dirt and debris everywhere.
The floods, among the nation's worst in decades, swept away people sleeping in tents, cabins and homes along the river Friday in the middle of the night.
Survivors are continuing to share terrifying stories of being swept away and clinging to trees as the floodwaters carried trees and cars past them. Others are mourning the loss of family members.