Texas flood survivor recounts how quickly water rose
Digest more
Texas, flash flood
Digest more
Newly released satellite images reveal catastrophic damage caused by the Hill Country floods along the Guadalupe River.
Deadly flooding has devastated large swaths of Texas across the Hill Country and Central Texas. The Guadalupe River flooded on Friday, July 4, impacting cities across Kerr County including Kerrville,
1don MSN
Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's Hill Country.
At Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp nestled in the Texas Hill Country, 27 people are confirmed dead, most of them rising third- and fourth-graders. Of the "Bubble Inn" cabin-13 girls and two counselors-10 girls and one counselor have been found dead.
Rescue workers on Saturday continued their frantic search for survivors of the deadly and historic floods unleashed when the Guadalupe River burst from its banks in Kerr County on Friday. At least 24 people have died, and more than 20 girls from a private Christian summer camp were still missing.
The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.
More than 8 inches of rain fell in Kerr County, resulting in major flooding along the Guadalupe River. While the river is starting to recede upstream, flooding is expected Friday night along the Guadalupe River downstream from Comfort to Spring Branch.