welcome
PBS

PBS

Science

Science

Large number of people missing in Texas floods clouds full toll of the disaster

PBS
Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

Crews use backhoes and bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in search for more than 160 people believed to be missing.

Five campers and one counselor have still not been found at Camp Mystic , the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp where at least 27 campers, counselors died.

The flood was the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since 1976 .

The bodies of 30 children were among those that have been recovered in the county, the sheriff says.

Aidan Duncan escaped just in time after hearing the muffled blare of a megaphone urging residents to evacuate.

“What’s going on right now, it hurts,” the 17-year-old says.

VR Score

84

Informative language

83

Neutral language

87

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

Affiliate links

no affiliate links