As Texas reels from historic flooding, Camp Mystic has confirmed that at least 27 campers and counselors died when the Guadalupe River surged more than 20 feet in under two hours early on July 4. The all-girls summer camp in Kerr County was among the hardest-hit areas,

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.