Stories of rescues have begun trickling out, but 27 children from a storied camp on the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country remain unaccounted for.

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Hundreds of children at the camp were rescued from ravaging floods. Debris and tree limbs covered the campgrounds on Saturday.

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Serena Hanor Aldrich said her daughters were trapped by floodwaters for a couple of hours at Camp Mystic, where as many as 25 girls are missing. She criticized camp officials.

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Gonflé par la pluie, le fleuve Guadalupe est sorti de son lit et a balayé un camp d’été et ses environs, faisant au moins 24 morts et déclenchant des recherches frénétiques pour retrouver des enfants et d’autres disparus, vendredi, dans le centre du Texas.

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Scenes from Central Texas and beyond captured the anxiety of those searching for loved ones after the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

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The authorities confirmed that 20 girls were still missing as a result of the flooding along the Guadalupe River, but the full scope of the disaster was not clear.

The authorities confirmed that 20 girls were still missing as a result of the flooding along the Guadalupe River, but the full scope of the disaster was not clear.

As federal immigration sweeps have prompted protests across the nation, the border is eerily quiet, as would-be migrants stay away and undocumented workers hide at home.

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