Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counselors died in the flash floods that have tore through the area since Friday.

The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the early morning flash floods along the Guadalupe River

At least 27 people have died and more than 20 children are missing after a catastrophic flash flood in Texas. The Guadalupe River that runs through Hill Country in central south Texas rose by 26ft (8 metres) in just 45 minutes in the early hours of Friday,

President Trump has signed a disaster declaration to give more resources to Kerr County, Texas, in the wake of the flooding.