Dozens of people are dead in Central Texas in what officials called a "mass casualty event" after devastating flash floods slammed Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River.

A desperate search was underway in Texas on Saturday for those still missing — among them dozens of young girls from a Christian sleepaway camp — after intense rainfall rapidly overwhelmed the

Kerr County officials confirmed that 43 people are dead, 18 adults and 14 children, in the wake of catastrophic flooding in central Texas.