Multiple fatalities confirmed in Texas Hill Country flooding

At least 24 people are dead following extreme flooding that slammed Texas Hill Country early Friday morning, according to state officials.

At least 20 girls from a Christian summer camp next to the Guadalupe River remain missing.

Officials said some of those campers may be stranded and unable to call for help.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said during a news conference Friday night that the state is committing all the necessary resources to continue with a search and rescue mission.

The governor issued a disaster declaration for several counties in the state’s area known as the Hill Country, about 70 miles from San Antonio.

Gov. Abbott said search and rescue missions will continue “in the darkness of the night…seeking for anybody who is not accounted for.”

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