Hundreds of parents waited hours Saturday for girls to arrive in Kerrville after their Camp Waldemar stay was cut short by the deadly Guadalupe River flood.

Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s

So far, 27 people have been confirmed dead in Kerr County, Texas after severe flooding along the Guadalupe River. Here are photos of the devastation.

Rescuers were searching for more than two dozen girls missing from a summer camp in Texas after a flash flood killed at least 50 people, 15 of them children. The Guadalupe River that runs through the Hill Country in central south Texas rose by 26ft (8 metres) in 45 minutes in the early hours of Friday,