In Kerr County, which has been the most impacted, at least 43 people are dead and 27 children remain missing tonight after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls. The statewide death toll thus far stands at 51 people. The number of deaths blamed on the flooding in Texas has risen to 51 tonight.

At least 32 people died in fast-moving floodwaters in Central Texas, including at least 14 children. Some two dozen girls from a camp on the Guadalupe River remained unaccounted for.