Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 87 deaths, including 30 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Man shares his emotional search for his missing parents
Noem thanks Trump for disaster relief, recalls visiting Camp Mystic
87 dead in Kerr County, 6 still missing from Camp Mystic
Mourners gather at vigil in San Antonio.

Texas resident says she received no warning of intense flooding before finding herself waist-deep in her home

Erin Burgess, who lives in Hunt, Texas, told CNN she received no official warning of the intense flooding before finding herself waist-deep in floodwater in her home.

“There was nothing. There was no warnings, nobody was saying anything. And then I heard water rushing into my bedroom,” Burgess told CNN’s Boris Sanchez.

When the water was ankle deep, “I ran down the hall and screaming that we were flooding,” Burgess said.

Burgess said the water was knee-high when she ran back into her bedroom to check on her pets and was trapped, with her refrigerator blocking her path out. By the time the refrigerator moved and she was able to leave her bedroom, the water was rising quickly.

“When it burst through my back door, it was waist deep within seconds. By the time I got out the back door, since it was broken, it was up to my neck in my backyard, and it was my son’s height that held me up,” she said.

Burgess said she tried to get to high ground, but began floating. She and her son clung to a tree for safety, while her boyfriend and dog, pushed in another direction, floated for nearly a mile, she said.

She did not know whether her boyfriend and dog had survived until she was reunited with them over an hour later.

“I just hugged him. I screamed. I hugged them. It’s kind of a blur now. I just remember a great sense of relief,” she said.

“Her giggle was contagious”: Mystic camper killed in flooding, school says
From CNN’s Sharif Paget and David Williams
Mystic camper Mary Grace Baker was found dead following the weekend’s devastating floods, according to a statement released by St. Anne Catholic School in Beaumont, Texas, on Monday.

Mary Grace Baker
Mary Grace Baker from St. Anne Catholic School
“It is with profound sorrow and a heavy heart that we share the devastating news that the family has received confirmation of the passing of our precious Mary Grace Baker,” according to the statement.

“Her giggle was contagious, as was her spirit. She loved art, dance, her school and playing at West End Little League. She was a girls’ girl who loved pink, sparkles and bows in her signature angelic ringlet curls,” the statement added.

Houston elementary school student dies in Camp Mystic flooding, according to school
From CNN’s Caroll Alvarado
Camp Mystic camper Molly DeWitt did not survive the severe flooding that hit the Hunt, Texas, area on Friday, according to a social media post shared by her school, Wilchester Elementary.

“Friends, our community is absolutely devastated about the loss of sweet Molly DeWitt. Our hearts are so heavy knowing theirs are broken,” the post read.

Wilchester Elementary initially posted about DeWitt on their public Facebook account Saturday after officials announced they were still trying to locate some Camp Mystic campers and counselors who were unaccounted for.

“Our hearts are with Wilchester student Molly DeWitt, her family, the other missing campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, and all those also missing and affected in the Hill Country area,” the Houston school wrote in that Facebook post.

On Saturday, the Wilchester Elementary School came together to show DeWitt’s family support by wrapping green ribbons around trees.

2 hr 32 min ago
Key questions remain as death toll rises in Kerr County. Here’s the latest
From CNN staff
Members of the Kerrville Fire Department search through debris in Kerrville, Texas, on Tuesday.
Members of the Kerrville Fire Department search through debris in Kerrville, Texas, on Tuesday. Ashley Landis/AP
Four days after search and rescue efforts began, authorities in Kerr County seemed to dodge and deflect questions from reporters Tuesday about when they knew the floods would pose a deadly threat, and refused to commit to a timeline of their official response.

Here’s what Kerr County officials said during a news conference this morning:

Death toll: The death toll in Kerr County has risen to 87, up three from yesterday, Sheriff Larry Leitha said. That moves the statewide death toll to at least 108. The 87 dead in Kerr County include 30 children, Leitha said.
Number of missing: At least six people are missing in Kerr County — five Camp Mystic campers and one counselor — Leitha said. When asked for an overall number of people missing in the county, Leitha said: “It’s hard to know that number. I know the numbers that we have found, and that’s all I know.”
Timeline of county’s response unclear: Although the National Weather Service’s first warning for “life-threatening flash flooding” for parts of Kerr County, including Camp Mystic, came at 1:14 a.m. on July 4, Leitha told reporters he was not made aware of the flash floods until “between 4 and 5” that morning.
County officials’ next news conference is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET today, they said.

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Odessa police officer among those killed by catastrophic flooding
From CNN’s Sara Smart
Officer Bailey Martin with the Odessa Police Department is seen in this undated photo.
Officer Bailey Martin with the Odessa Police Department is seen in this undated photo. Odessa Police Department
Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin, who was missing after the severe flooding in central Texas has been pronounced dead, Odessa Police confirmed Tuesday.

Martin was on a trip with family to the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, Texas, for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the police department said in a post on Saturday.

“We are deeply saddened to share with our community that Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin has been found and, tragically, is deceased,” the department said Tuesday.

The department will return Martin’s body to Odessa, about 280 miles from Kerrville.

Flags in front of the department have been lowered to half-staff, officers are wearing mourning bands on their badges and the department is encouraging citizens to replace their porch lights with blue bulbs for the rest of the week in Bailey’s honor.