Texas all-girls Christian camp missing campers after 'catastrophic' flash flooding sweeps near Kerrville

Texas Flash Flood Emergency prompts rescues on riverbanks

Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding passim the south-central Texas municipality of Kerrville connected Friday morning. Local reports accidental rescuers were called to assistance radical stranded connected rooftops and to analyse a location swept distant by the swollen river.

HUNT, Texas – Some parents were notified connected Friday that their daughters astatine Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summertime camp, had gone missing aft devastating flash floods tore done south-central Texas.

More than a ft of rainfall fell overnight successful parts of west-central Texas, sending floodwaters pouring into waterways. One of the rivers taking the brunt of the onslaught of h2o was the Guadalupe River successful Hunt, Texas, wherever Camp Mystic is located. 

Early Friday morning, the Guadalupe River reached 30 feet, good supra its large flood signifier of 22 feet, according to NOAA. The stream astatine Hunt surged from beneath flood signifier to large flood signifier successful conscionable implicit an hour, and jumped implicit 20 feet successful conscionable implicit 2 hours. 

Deadly flooding on the raging Guadelupe River successful Kerrville, Texas, which lies downstream of Hunt.

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An email sent by Camp Mystic officials connected Friday to the parents of campers noted the "catastrophic flooding" concern astatine the camp, including that immoderate campers were not accounted for. The parents of those campers had been notified, they said.

Camp officials said they are moving with hunt and rescue to find the girls.

They besides stated that they person nary power, h2o oregon WiFi, and pleaded for help.

"The road has washed distant truthful we are struggling to get much help," they said. "Please proceed to commune and nonstop immoderate assistance if you person contacts to bash so."

Officials with the adjacent all-boys campy Camp La Junta, which is besides located connected the Guadalupe River, confirmed aboriginal Friday day that each of their campers had been accounted for. 

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The National Weather Service measured 12-15 inches of rainfall had fallen up stream adjacent San Angelo, with 5-7 inches of rainfall astir Hunt and Kerrville. Flash Flood Emergencies remained connected the rivers done Friday afternoon.