The Camp Mystic death toll has risen to 27 campers and counselors as authorities continue their urgent search for children still missing from the Texas floods.
The Christian all-girls summer camp, situated along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, was ravaged by the flash floods that took the Lone Star State by storm on the early morning of Fourth of July.
Roughly 750 children were asleep while the devastating flooding sent a wall of water through the centuries-old camp.
Camp Mystic issued a statement Monday morning confirming an updated number of fatalities from the harrowing natural disaster over the weekend.
‘We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls,’ the camp said in a statement posted on its website.
‘We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from community, first responders, and officials at every level.’
At least 10 girls and a Camp Mystic counselor are still unaccounted for.
In the floods’ aftermath, blankets, teddy bears and other belongings at the camp were caked in mud.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly did not know what kind of alert system Camp Mystic had to try and get all 750 of its campers to safety (pictured: a girl reacting to the damage at the camp)
Rescue teams are frantically searching for missing victims, including 10 girls and a counselor who were at Camp Mystic (pictured), a Christian summer camp along the river in Kerr County, when tragedy struck
Windows in the cabins were shattered from the force of the surging river, which rose 30 feet above its normal level on Friday.
The beloved director of Camp Mystic, Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, 70, died while trying to save girls as a month’s worth of rain dropped in a matter of minutes.
When the survivors were evacuated, cabins full of girls held onto a rope strung by rescuers as they walked across a bridge with water whipping around their legs.
The floods have caused the most destruction Hill Country – dubbed ‘Flash Flood Alley’ – in Kerr County, where the camp is located.
At least 82 people – including 28 children – have been killed, and at least 41 others have been reported missing across the state, but there could be more, according to Governor Greg Abbott.
