The area is home to many summer camps, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said at least 20 girls are missing from Camp Mystic. He said families whose daughters are unaccounted for have been notified; parents who have not been contacted by the camp should know their daughters are safe, he stressed.

With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas on Monday even as crews search urgently for the missing following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people,