Meanwhile, anguished parents waited for word on the 10 young campers still missing from Camp Mystic, which was hit hard by floodwaters.

Greg Abbott said emergency responders remained in a search and rescue posture, hours after the flooding along the Guadalupe River inundated nearby areas. "So many people have been swept up into an extraordinary catastrophe,

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.

The number of missing people is expected to be higher, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, as thousands were in the Texas Hill Country celebrating Independence Day weekend when the flood