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Among the scores of people killed in catastrophic flash floods were children at summer camp and a man who smashed a window to save his family from rising water.
The “Bubble Inn” bunkhouse hosted the youngest kids at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp caught in the deadly July 4 flooding in the state’s Hill Country.
Vigil held at Church of St. John for Camp Mystic flood victims, with attendees sharing grief and unity through song.
A mother who lost her daughter to the devastating Texas floods, which left at least 120 dead and several others missing, is seeking help from people to locate her child’s favorite stuffed animal. Her 8-year-old daughter was among the victims of the floodwaters that swept through Camp Mystic.
People gathered on Sunday along the roadsides and churches across Kerrville to mourn the loss of lives and pray for the ones still missing from the floods.
Photos and videos of Camp Mystic after the central Texas camp was caught in a deadly deluge over the weekend are going viral. At least 27 children and counselors died after the nearby Guadalupe River became a mass torrent of water that surged over 26 feet in less than an hour on Friday.
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.
The devastating floods have claimed 13 lives. More than 20 children are missing, and officials say more deaths are expected.