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(NewsNation) — 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. NewsNation 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.
Campers' belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic's cabins near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area July 7, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman)
People look through belongings on a camp trunk at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Officials ride a boat as they arrive to assist with a recovery effort at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Avi Santos, 23, of San Antonio, Texas, reacts while stopping on the road alongside at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Rescuers were on Saturday searching for more than 20 girls missing from Camp Mystic in Texas after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 27 people — with more rain on the way. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / GETTY-AFP)
A Texas Department of Public Safety official combs through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic after a flash flood swept through the area on July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A plush toy sits on the ground outside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / GETTY-AFP) 
Officials search on the grounds of Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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 NewsNation. “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 NewsNation. “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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