Search efforts and rescue work are underway after last night's severe flooding. Rainfall that normally falls over several months, fell during the night in just a few hours.
Dozens of people have been rescued, according to local authorities. An unknown number of people are still missing, including about twenty girls who were at a summer camp by the river.
–It does not mean that we have lost them, they may have climbed up a tree, they may be unreachable, says Vice Governor Dan Patrick at a press conference.
Identification work of the fatalities is underway. Some of them are children, adds Dan Patrick.
Erin Burgess, who lives west of Ingram, woke up to a thunderstorm at half past three in the morning. Just 20 minutes later, the water flooded in and straight through the house.
My son and I floated to a tree that we clung to, and my boyfriend and dog floated away. He was missing for a while, but we found both, she says.
The residents are said not to have received any warning of the flood risk, but were surprised by the water masses.
The state is providing help and resources to the affected area, says Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
The water level of the Guadalupe River was measured to have risen 6.7 meters within two hours at one point before the meter stopped working, according to the weather agency National Weather Service.
