Hill Country flooding death toll rises to 27 as search continues for missing girls, other survivors
Twenty-seven girls from the Camp Mystic summer camp remain missing. More rain is expected Saturday in many parts of Texas.
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Twenty-seven girls from the Camp Mystic summer camp remain missing. More rain is expected Saturday in many parts of Texas.
Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing more than two dozen deaths. Local officials said they couldn’t have seen it coming.
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