Texas, Camp and floods
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As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.
Flooding in central Texas caused the Guadalupe River to flood. A Christian girls camp, Camp Mystic, was affected and some campers are missing.
As the death count in the Independence Day flooding in central Texas has now surpassed that of Hurricane Harvey, with dozens of children reported dead and
Officials reported at least 84 bodies recovered across Kerr and Kendall counties on Monday. That number is expected to grow.
"The real heroes are the kids on the ground, those guys are heroic, dealing with the worst time of their lives and staying strong," the U.S. Coast Guard swimmer said.