In the sweltering summer heat, search teams are still scouring the Guadalupe River in central Texas for the bodies of dozens of people who have missing since flash floods devastated the Hill Country earlier this month.
A search and rescue team of ZAKA volunteers from Israel is using a unique set of skills to help find them faster.
“We arrived about two weeks ago after authorities made a request for us to provide assistance,” ZAKA International commander Nachman Dyksztejn told Times of Israel. “People here know and appreciate that Israel is here helping, and the entire community has been very supportive of us.”
Keep reading at timesofisrael.com.
The ZAKA team is using an AI-based model for mapping flood behavior and employing tools developed by Technion Prof. Barak Fishbein.
