Maps show where devastating flash flooding hit Texas

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Devastating flash floods successful cardinal Texas on Friday has killed much than 80 people, including implicit 2 twelve astatine Camp Mystic, a Christian summertime campy for girls on the Guadalupe River.

The stream roseate rapidly aboriginal Friday greeting arsenic the area, known arsenic Texas' Hill Country, was saturated with rain.

Where were the floods successful Texas?

The country hardest deed by the floods was Kerr County wherever the Guadalupe River roseate to captious levels successful aggregate locations, according to National Weather Service data. Kerrville, the largest metropolis successful Kerr County, is astir 100 miles westbound of Austin and 65 miles northwest of San Antonio.

Kerr County reported the highest fig of fatalities from the floods arsenic of Monday morning. Other counties to study fatalities see Travis County, wherever Austin is located.

Map of floods successful authorities of Texas

Camp Mystic located connected Guadalupe River

Camp Mystic, wherever astatine slightest 27 campers and counselors died successful the floods, is successful Kerr County, adjacent Hunt, astir 13 miles westbound of Kerrville. Around 750 children were astatine the campy erstwhile the flooding started, officials said.

Other camps are besides located on the river, including Camp La Junta, wherever 2 young brothers, Braeden and Brock Davis, were among the campers who escaped.