Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued nearly 200 people including children from Camp Mystic during catastrophic Texas floods that have claimed 68 lives in Kerr County.

Flash floods in Texas have killed at more than 80 people, many of them children.Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.

Hundreds of searchers were combing wide swaths of Central Texas yesterday after severe rainfall caused flash flooding on the Guadalupe River. As the death toll climbed to at least 80, and dozens remained unaccounted for, forecasters warned of more rain and possible flash flooding in hard-hit areas. We have live updates.