Overview

• Kerr County Sheriff confirmed 24 people have died after the Guadalupe River surged more than 22 feet in under two hours during overnight storms
• Authorities list 23 to 25 girls from Camp Mystic as unaccounted for, with parents and officials still awaiting updates on their whereabouts
• Search operations involve over 500 personnel, more than a dozen helicopters, drones, and support from the Texas National Guard and federal agencies
• The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency and forecasters warn that additional rainfall could trigger further flooding across central Texas
• Officials say the flood struck with little warning before dawn, highlighting gaps in flash–flood alert systems in the Hill Country