Chiefs owner’s wife confirms tragic family death after Texas floods ravaged Camp Mystic

Chiefs owner's wife confirms tragic family death after Texas floods ravaged Camp Mystic

The wife of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt has confirmed the tragic loss of family member as a result of the devastating Texas floods.

Clark’s wife, Tavia, revealed that Janie Hunt – a young cousin in the family – was part of the Camp Mystic campers who died during the incident. 

Taking to Instagram, she wrote: ‘Our hearts are broken by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic loss of so many lives — including a precious little Hunt cousin, along with several friend’s little girls.

‘How do we trust a God who is supposed to be good, all knowing and all powerful, but who allows such terrible things to happen — even to children?

‘That is a sacred and tender question — and one the Bible doesn’t shy away from. Scripture is filled with the cries of those whose hearts have been shattered, who still wrestle to trust the same God they believe allowed the pain.’

Eleven girls are missing from Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, and five of their fellow campers have died after the rushing waters destroyed the all-girls private Christian summer camp.

Tavia Hunt (right) - wife of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt - confirmed that one of their family members was among the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ in flooding in Texas

Tavia Hunt (right) – wife of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt – confirmed that one of their family members was among the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ in flooding in Texas

Dallas nine-year-old Janie Hunt (pictured) died in the flooding at Camp Mystic

Dallas nine-year-old Janie Hunt (pictured) died in the flooding at Camp Mystic

Tavia took to Instagram to reveal that Janie - a young cousin - had pᴀssed away

Tavia took to Instagram to reveal that Janie – a young cousin – had pᴀssed away

The total death toll has risen to 69, including 21 children, after the Guadalupe River flooded and surged by up to 30 feet above its usual water level on Friday. 

Beloved director of Camp Mystic, Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, 70, died while trying to save girls as a month’s worth of rain dropped in a matter of minutes.

One week before the tragedy, the camp shared videos on social media of the campers happily prancing around on stage during their first term chorus and dance production.

The youngest campers slept on low-laying ‘flats’ inside the camp’s cabins, whereas older girls slept in cabins on higher ground, according to the NYT. 

Most of the missing girls are from the younger age bracket, who were sleeping just yards away from the banks of the Guadalupe River.   

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that some 750 girls had been staying at the camp when the floodwaters hit.

Relatives of the missing have started arriving in the Kerrville area from across the Lone Star State to provide investigators with DNA samples. 

Meanwhile, Daily Mail exclusively revealed on Sunday that Texas’s Division of Emergency Management predicted the number of ᴅᴇᴀᴅ as a result of catastrophic flooding in Kerrville on July 4 would top 100.

A woman searches the area, following flash flooding, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 6

A woman searches the area, following flash flooding, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 6

Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after ᴅᴇᴀᴅly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5

Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after ᴅᴇᴀᴅly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5

Read More Pictured: All the girls killed after Texas floods ravaged Camp Mystic – as 11 campers remain missing article image

In an email sent out Saturday, the state disaster office told partners the number of ᴅᴇᴀᴅ would surpᴀss 100, two different sources confirmed to Daily Mail.

The estimate of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ 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 ᴀssets 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.’ 

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