Two girls found dead
Still raining in the area
latest update:
13 dead, about 23 campers missing amid 'catastrophic flooding' in Texas
CNN live news Texas flooding
Live Updates: Frantic Search for the Missing After At Least 13 Killed in Texas Flood
Dan Patrick said 20 kids missing. Looks like several families missing too.
Several families missing after devastating flooding hits Central Texas
Unknown number of kids missing from Hill Country summer camps in ‘catastrophic' flood
"We can't say for sure that they're all accounted for. We know that there are some missing. We know where some of them are; they're stranded, and we're working to confirm that with people out at Camp Mystic. But in terms of how many, exactly how many are missing and unaccounted for, we're not sure about that number, but we have a bunch of them we're trying to get back," said Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly during a briefing Friday morning.
Texas floods sweep Kerrville summer camp cabin filled with people away as Guadalupe River floods kill many: Live
The river continued to rapidly rise early Friday morning, with data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealing the water level skyrocketed 26 feet in just one hour.
The Guadalupe River's height - recorded near Comfort, Texas - was around 3 feet at 8am Friday morning, but rapidly rose to a height of 29.86 feet by 9am, an average increase of 12 inches every one to two minutes.
The Guadalupe's river gauge at the unincorporated community of Hunt, where the river forks, recorded a 22 foot rise in just about two hours, according to Bob Fogarty, meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Austin/San Antonio office.
Fogarty said the gauge failed after recording a level of 29.5 feet.
Texas has been flooding and this camp near Kerrville flooded. Cabins were washed away while girls slept. Many missing. Parents notified of missing girls.
Camp Mystic girls camp washed away
KERRVILLE, Texas — Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. has issued a disaster declaration amid "catastrophic" local flooding that has killed at least six people on the Fourth of July.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly confirmed the fatalities. Their ages and identities are unknown at this time.
Five to 10 inches of rain had fallen before sunrise due to slow-moving and intense storms in Kerr and Kendall counties, which remain under a Flash Flood Warning until at least noon. That's likely to be extended after the Guadalupe River crested to one of its highest-ever peaks earlier on Friday morning; water levels in Kerrville rose from 7 feet at midnight to 29 feet by 4 a.m.
I don’t have much to say. The news is horrible.
Don’t know if this is a good source. Missing campers found?
So I don’t know.
However, several locals cited sources and message boards to report that all campers were found and have been accounted for. Authorities are yet to confirm these reports.
This is an area called the Texas Hill Country that historically had camps for kids for a long time. My husband turns 79 soon and he went to camp in that area as a child.
And don’t look at Bluesky, some people doing the FEMA FAFO. Sad, these are girls.
Floods kill at least 6 in Hill Country; some children reported missing
