Several Kerrville Independent School District teachers and staff members drove school buses full of hundreds of campers from Camp La Junta and Camp Mystic to reunification sites on July 4.

Before hundreds of first responders and volunteers from around the country came to help, it was the local residents of Texas Hill Country who faced down a deadly wall of water along the Gaudalope River and witnessed terrifying scenes.

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.

In the wake of an unprecedented flood that swept through Camp Mystic in the early hours of July 4, a longtime camper and now program director has shared an emotional tribute about her "little slice of heaven.

Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed Sunday a day of prayer, urging Texans to lift “the lives lost, those still missing, the recovery of our communities and the

The director of Camp Mystic was among the people killed due to the Hill Country floods, according to the Kerrville Daily Times.

The family was reportedly vacationing at a river house in Kerr County as the floods swept through the area unannounced.

Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them