Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counselors died in the flash floods that have tore through the area since Friday.

Catastrophic flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas killed 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic and at least 82 people statewide over the Fourth of July weekend. Torrential rain caused the river to rise 26 feet in under an hour,

Catastrophic flooding struck central Texas on Friday as the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 to 26 feet within 90 minutes, causing widespread devastation and forcing mass evacuations in Texas Hill Country. At least 80 people have been killed in the floods while others remain missing or displaced and more than 850 people required rescuing.

Emergency responders continued to search for missing individuals including at least 10 girls who were attending a summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River.