Rescue crews search for Texas flooding survivors as death toll climbs
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() More than 100 are dead and many are missing after floods inundated central Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Flooding along the Guadalupe River, where officials said the water rose 26 feet in less than an hour, swept away homes and submerged nearby summer camps early Friday morning. local affiliate KXAN has reported that 104 have died.

In Kerr County alone, officials have recovered 84 bodies from the floods of those, 56 were adults and 28 children.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said local and state agencies are working around the clock until everyone is found. So far, crews have conducted 850 high-water rescues.

  • Two adults sweep through the belongings of campers in the aftermath of the flash flood
  • Officials ride a boat in a river
  • a person kneels on the roadside with their head in their hands
  • Officials search on the grounds of Camp Mystic

Dozens remain missing, including 10 kids and one counselor from Camp Mystic.

The all-girls Christian summer camp confirmed Monday that it was “grieving the loss” of 27 campers and counselors.

Greg Froelick and Brooks Holzhausen, part of “300 Justice Road,” helped with recovery efforts at the century-old camp.

“When we got out here Saturday, we cleared a lot where we were,” Froelick told . “But, you’re talking cars wrapped around trees split in half, debris piled up 20 feet high, guardrails twisted up. I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s pure destruction.”

Among those missing is Robert and Joni Brake, whose grandson joined “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Monday to discuss the search after flash floods destroyed the cabin where the couple, both in their 60s, were staying.

“We have not heard anything, no updates,” Brake told . “We have spent a tireless amount of hours walking throughout the river. I know my dad  still currently  has walked about 18 miles through the river today, searching, but as of now, we have no update and no sign of hope.”

Officials are scheduled to update the public on their efforts at 11 a.m. EDT. The news conference will be streamed from this story when it begins.

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