At least 24 people have died and several others remain missing after severe flooding hit the Guadalupe River in Central Texas on Friday.
Among those missing are multiple children from a local summer camp.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has mobilized thousands of state emergency personnel to the areas hardest hit by the floods.
Search and rescue efforts continued through Friday night and into Saturday morning.
Concerned parents anxiously await news of campers still unaccounted for at Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ camp near the river. As of Friday evening, approximately two dozen campers remain missing.
Camp Mystic is situated in Kerr County, roughly 60 miles northwest of San Antonio.
The Kerrville Police Department said Saturday that rescue teams had worked all night and would continue their efforts until all missing individuals are found, per Trending Politics.
Downstream, another girls’ camp reported the death of its director due to the flooding. The Heart O’ the Hills Camp, which was not in session during the flood, confirmed that most people present during the event were accounted for.
However, camp officials announced that Director Jane Ragsdale had died in the disaster.
The camp paid tribute to Ragsdale on its website, describing her as