At least 24 people killed in Texas flooding; two dozen girls missing from camp

110 DEGREES. RICK AND COURT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT JEANNE, THANK YOU. THIS STORY. SO CRAZY PANIC IS GROWING IN TEXAS HAS AT LEAST 20 YOUNG GIRLS FROM SUMMER CAMP ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER.

>> REMAIN MISSING AFTER CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODS SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA. DESPERATE PARENTS ARE FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA WITH PICTURES OF THEIR DAUGHTERS AND POSTING URGENT PLEAS FOR INFORMATION AND THE RESCUE EFFORTS ARE ONGOING AT THIS HOUR. BUT THEY’RE BEING HAMPERED BY DOWNED POWER LINES THE FLOODED ROADS OF COURSE AND BAD CELL PHONE SERVICE TO BOOT JOHN FOR NOLA LIVE IN THE NEW CENTER. HE’S GOT MORE ON THE SEARCH EFFORTS AS THAT DEATH TOLL JOHN CONTINUES TO RISE. YEAH, RICK COURT WE’RE SEEING CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA OF KERRVILLE TEXAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE JUST NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO.

>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A MONTH’S WORTH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS AS PEOPLE SLEPT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TEXAS OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND DOZENS REMAIN MISSING. AMONG THE MISSING, YOUNG GIRLS FROM A SUMMER CAMP LOCATED ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER A FRANTIC SEARCH FOR MISSING AND STRANDED PEOPLE. >> TORRENTIAL RAINS TRIGGERED DEADLY FLASH FLOODS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AUTHORITIES IN KERR COUNTY NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO SAY AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

DOZENS STILL MISSING. >> WE’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ANY NAMES AT THIS TIME WE’RE STILL NOTIFYING NEXT OF KIN. >> AMONG THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. CAMP MYSTIC A CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP FOR GIRLS LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE GUADALUPE RIVER EARLY FRIDAY, TEXAS OFFICIALS SAID AT LEAST 20 YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAMP WERE MISSING. BY NIGHTFALL KERR COUNTY SHERIFF LARRY LISA SAID THE NUMBER OF MISSING COULD BE AS MANY AS 25 THIS IS FOOTAGE OF THE CAMP FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO IT HOUSES SOME 700 CAMPERS.

AUTHORITIES SAY MANY HERE HAD NO WARNING AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN CAME JUST BEFORE DAWN, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SLOW MOVING STORMS DUMP 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE SUNRISE CAUSING THE RIVER TO RISE MORE THAN 26 FEET IN JUST 90 MINUTES. >> DESPERATE PARENTS POSTING PICTURES OF THEIR CHILDREN ONLINE HOPING FOR ANY INFORMATION. >> OTHERS ANXIOUSLY WAITING AT EVACUATION CENTERS FOR NEWS THAT THEIR CHILD HAD BEEN FOUND.

>> MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE RESCUED SO FAR. TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ISSUING A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR AT LEAST 15 COUNTIES AS SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS CONTINUE.

>> THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE AS A STATE WITH COMMUNITY. GOT MORE THAN LITTLE KIDS. OFF A CAMP. JOYFULLY. EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING DAY TOO CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY.

CAMPERS ALONGSIDE THE RIVER SO MANY PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN SWEPT UP. IN AND EXTRAORDINARY CATASTROPHE, WHATEVER. THESE. >> COMMUNITIES NEED.

>> TEXAS. LET’S GO STEP UP AND PROVIDE IT. >> JUST SUCH A TRAGIC STORY, HUNDREDS OF RESCUERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING TONIGHT, THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND IS ON THE GROUND. THE U.S.

COAST GUARD AND FEMA HAVE ALSO BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE REGION. TEXAS OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE MISSING CHILDREN HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. OFFICIALS ALSO SAY THAT TONIGHT THE SITUATION REMAINS AN ACTIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION AND AS SUCH. THOSE NUMBERS .

Read More: BRANDY B.NPC COMPETITOR BACK ROUTINE