By Editor Sonya Gugliara
The Camp Mystic death toll has risen to 27 campers and counselors as authorities continue their urgent search for children still missing from the Texas floods.
The Christian all-girls summer camp, situated along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, was ravaged by the flash floods that took the Lone Star State by storm on the early morning of Fourth of July.
Roughly 750 children were asleep while the devastating flooding sent a wall of water through the centuries-old camp.
Camp Mystic issued a statement Monday morning confirming an updated number of fatalities from the harrowing natural disaster over the weekend.
‘We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls,’ the camp said in a statement posted on its website.
‘We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from community, first responders, and officials at every level.’
At least 10 girls and a Camp Mystic counselor are still unaccounted for.
In the floods’ aftermath, blankets, teddy bears and other belongings at the camp were caked in mud.
Windows in the cabins were shattered from the force of the surging river water.
When the campers were evacuated, cabins full of girls held onto a rope strung by rescuers as they walked across a bridge with water whipping around their legs.