KERR COUNTY, TX (LOOTPRESS) – At least 27 people, including 18 adults and nine children, have died after catastrophic flash flooding struck Central Texas, sending the Guadalupe River surging more than 20 feet overnight Friday.
The flooding followed a period of torrential rain that dropped several months’ worth of precipitation in just two hours.
The river, which runs through a popular summer camp region, reached 29 feet by Friday morning—its second-highest level on record—surpassing the deadly 1987 floods near Comfort that killed 10 teenagers.
Among the missing are between 23 and 25 girls from Camp Mystic, a summer camp located near the river. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing, with 237 people rescued so far, including 167 by helicopter.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 15 counties impacted by the flooding and pledged continued support from state agencies to assist in recovery and search operations.
Officials said children at all other area camps have been accounted for.
The incident has become one of the deadliest flash floods in recent Texas history.
