The death toll from flooding in south-central Texas rose to 70 on Sunday, authorities reported, while hundreds of agents and volunteers continued the search.

This was stated by Larry Leitha Jr., the sheriff of Kerr County, one of the most affected by the disaster and where 59 of the deceased have been found.

Of the total number of victims in Kerr, 38 are adults and 21 are minors, Leitha Jr. explained.

“We are going to continue the search until we find everyone,” the officer said in statements to reporters this morning, acknowledging that the death toll “is going to increase.”

Authorities in other nearby communities have reported 11 other deaths: 4 in Burnet County, 1 in Kendall County, 1 in Tom Green County, 1 in Williamson County, and 4 in Travis County.

11 minors and young adults who were spending the summer at the Camp Mystic Christian camp near the town of Hunt are still missing, Leitha added.

In Kerr, more than 400 first responders from 20 different federal and state agencies will continue the search and rescue efforts on Sunday.

The Local authorities have not issued a specific figure for the possible number of missing people, as many people from outside the region were camping in the area for the Fourth of July festivities.

In total, more than 850 people have been successfully evacuated unharmed and eight who were injured in the area, where more than 160 rescues have been made by air.

The city manager of Kerrville, in Kerr County, Dalton Rice, explained yesterday that these are the worst floods in the area since 1987, when 10 teenagers died.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday asked the Donald Trump Administration to issue a federal disaster declaration and declared a “national day of prayer” for this Sunday.

The National Weather Service said more than 12 inches of rain accumulated in just 12 hours on Friday, raising the Guadalupe River near Hunt to its second-highest level on record at 32 feet.