Kerr County parents grasp for information about missing kids after Independence Day Flood

AUSTIN (KXAN) – What should have been an annual day of celebration turned to tragedy as severe overnight storms caused an Independence Day flood killing at least 24 in Kerr County and leaving over 20 young girls missing.

Camp Mystic, an all-girls private Christian summer camp sitting next to Guadalupe River, was flooded during the July 4 storm event causing several inches of rainfall and rising river levels.

Early in the day camp officials released a statement to parents stating...