Camp Mystic has deep roots with Texas politicians, including former first lady Laura Bush, who worked as a counselor there, and former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who sent his daughters there.

Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight's little sister, Paisley, was at a camp on a smaller arm of the Guadalupe River. The 14-year-old was "just miles" away from Camp Mystic in Central Texas, which has been devastated by the deadly floodwaters spurred by extreme rainfall on July 4.

Would you have guessed that during the dark predawn hours, a team of counsellors, some just a few years older than the children in their care, ran into rising floodwaters to rescue almost 400 youngsters from catastrophe?

Frantic calls from parents are being answered at summer camps across central Texas. One camp telling KXAN investigators parents are calling and checking on their kids and asking about emergency plans in place.

Catastrophic flooding in Texas has devastated faith-based summer camps, including Camp Mystic, where at least 27 people have died.

MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION: The catastrophic flooding struck on Friday, causing a surge of 20 to 26 feet on the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, causing widespread damage. President Donald Trump has signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, which is west of Austin.

The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.

The death toll from the July 4th weekend flooding in Central Texas has risen to at least 110. In Kerr County alone, 161 people remain missing.