Following the devastating floods in Texas, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that as of 5:30 p.m. local time on July 5, the death toll in Kerr County is 43, including 28 adults and 15 children. CNN previously reported that the flooded region experienced 'more than an entire summer's worth of rain' in a matter of hours.

Rescuers were searching for more than two dozen girls missing from a summer camp in Texas after a catastrophic flash flood killed at least 32 people, 14 of them children. The Guadalupe River that runs through the The flood struck as people across the US gathered to celebrate Independence Day.