– ‘I love you. And pray’ –
Fears were growing meanwhile for at least 12 people still missing in Hays County, also in Texas, officials said.
One person was already confirmed dead there and two more died in Oklahoma, which is located to the north of Texas.
Many of the dozen missing in Hays County were from one house that was torn from its foundations during a flash flood over the weekend.
There were two families staying at the A-frame house in the picturesque town of Wimberley for the long Memorial Day weekend, NBC News reported. Among them were three children.
Inside was Laura McComb, who was on the phone with her sister when the house, built on stilts, broke off and was swept away.
“We are in a house that is now floating down the river,” she reportedly told her sister, Julie Shields. “Call Mom and Dad. I love you. And pray.”
Shields told the NBC affiliate KXAN that the phone call ended when McComb thought she saw a light from a helicopter that had come to rescue them.
She has not been heard from since Saturday night.
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