Texas‘s Division of Emergency Management predicted the number of dead as a result of catastrophic flooding in Kerrville on July 4 would top 100, Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
In an email sent out Saturday, the state disaster office told partners the number of dead would surpass 100, two different sources confirmed to Daily Mail.
The estimate of the dead is vastly different than the message state officials are projecting publicly, insisting that they are still searching for people who are alive, and refusing to say rescue efforts have shifted to recovery of remains.
‘Our state assets and local partners are continuing to search for live victims,’ the head of TDEM W. Nim Kidd told reporters at a press conference Saturday.
‘Our hope and prayer is that there is still people alive that are out there.’
As of Sunday morning, 69 had been confirmed dead, and 11 girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic are missing.
Of the dead, 46 are adults and 21 are children, local officials said.
Additionally, DNA testing will be used to help identify the remains