'Rotting flesh': CNN host stunned by smell 'permeating' TX after deadly floods
CNN host Boris Sanchez gave a harrowing description of the conditions along the Guadalupe River where recovery efforts have been underway for those still missing in the massive flooding that hit Kerr County, Texas.
According to The Washington Post, at least 90 people have been killed, 27 of whom were children and counselors from Camp Mystic.
CNN's Isabel Rosales reported from Center Point, Texas, where she spoke of the hazards facing searchers.
"There's barbed wire all over the place that these flood waters took down. I stepped in it myself. Thankfully, I have thick boots," she said. "It's all muddy. There are fire ants. And I mentioned again, like the potential of heat stroke from this hot sun. So, definitely dangers out here."
Boris Sanchez gave his take from Kerrville, nearly 10 miles northwest of Center Point.
"Just to give you an idea of what it looks like where I am here in Kerrville, we are just off the Guadalupe River in a park that overlooks what is typically a very calm river. Overnight, seemingly in a matter of hours, that river became a wall of water, some 20-plus feet high, and it captured all kinds of debris, enormous trees — these big, thick cypress trees — as well as vehicles, wildlife, even people. We've had reports of people being swept in these floods being found miles from where the waters picked them up."
Sanchez continued, "And I can tell you, just walking in this area, there is death underneath some of these piles. We walked around in parts where there was just the smell of rotting flesh permeating the atmosphere. This is going to be a very difficult effort for folks not only to clear stuff out of the way, but also to find, sadly, what no one wants to find. What remains of people that were in the area when this wall of water came through."