Texas floods: How rumour of two girls rescued from tree set off false hopes | Floods News

As torrential rains slammed central parts of the US state of Texas and the death toll from the resulting floods grew into the dozens over the weekend, rumours started to spread online about a sliver of good news.

Two girls had allegedly been found alive in a tree near Comfort, Texas.

Louis Amestoy, editor of The Kerr County Lead, was sceptical, but the messages he was getting about the miraculous rescue would not stop, he said. A ground report on social media from a volunteer seemed to…