Overview

• Officials have confirmed 24 fatalities after the Guadalupe River overwhelmed riverfront communities before dawn
• An estimated 23 girls from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for as search efforts enter a second day
• At least 14 helicopters, 12 drones and more than 500 personnel from state and federal agencies are scouring flooded areas
• Intense thunderstorms dumped up to a foot of rain in hours, causing the river to surge 26 feet and catching communities without adequate warning
• The National Weather Service has issued fresh flash flood warnings with forecasts calling for more heavy rain over the next 48 hours