The death toll from the devastating floods across central Texas surpassed 80 as dozens of people remain missing. In Kerr County, at least 40 children and 28 adults died, according to officials.

As the death toll continues to mount in Central Texas following historic and catastrophic flooding, officials and communities across the state were

A beloved director of a Texas summer camp for girls. An Alabama elementary student away from home. These are a few of the dozens of victims lost in devastating flooding in Texas. The flooding in central Texas originated from the fast-moving waters on the Guadalupe River on Friday,

Chloe Childress, a counselor at Camp Mystic, died during the flooding in Hunt, Texas, according to a representative of her high school.

When too much rain falls for the ground to absorb, it runs downhill, pulled by gravity into streams, creeks and rivers.