Alert – Sickening new number of people still missing in the Texas floods revealed by Governor Greg Abbott

Officials have shared the latest figures relating to the flooding tragedy in Central Texas.

The death toll has risen to 111, but there are fears that could more than double in the coming days with 173 people still unaccounted for.

The death toll and missing persons can be broken down by county:

• Kerr: 87 fatalities, 161 missing
• Travis: 7 fatalities, 10 missing
• Kendall: 8 fatalities, 0 missing
• Burnet: 5 fatalities, 1 missing
• Williamson: 3 fatalities, 1 missing
• Tom Green: 1 fatality, 0 missing

Gov. Greg Abbott had earlier confirmed at least 161 people were missing from Kerr County as of Tuesday afternoon.

‘Know this, we will not stop until every missing person is accounted for,’ Abbott said. ‘Know this also, there very likely could be more added to that list.’

One retired Texas sheriff, who spent 40 years working in Kerr County sheriff’s office, warned a decade ago of the need for better alarm systems, similar to tsunami sirens.

Search and rescue volunteers described finding flood victims’ bodies amid the debris.

‘We’re finding some of the people that have passed, certainly,’ volunteer Brooks Holzhausen told MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera.

‘A lot of clothes, a lot of kids’ clothes, laundry, if you will. Shirts, socks, shoes, some trunks from you know kids’ trucks when they go to camp.’

Holzhausen said the search is personal for him because both of his daughters were counselors at Camp Mystic a couple of years ago.

‘They’re connected to it. They know the staff, the owners … their friends, their sisters are now camp counselors there who were, did get out,’ he said.

‘A lot of kids go to that camp and many missing right now, so we do what we can.’

Hunt, Texas, resident Erin Burgess told CNN she received no warning of intense flooding before her home was filled with waist-deep water.

‘There was nothing. There was no warnings, nobody was saying anything. And then I heard water rushing into my bedroom,’ Burgess said.

She recounted running down the hall and screaming as she checked on her pets, only to find herself trapped behind her refrigerator, which the water had moved.

‘When it burst through my back door, it was waist-deep within seconds. By the time I got out the back door since it was broken, it was up to my neck in my backyard, and it was my son’s height that held me up,” she said.

Burgess was separated from her boyfriend and dog and had no idea if they had survived until hours later.

‘I just hugged him. I screamed. I hugged them. It’s kind of a blur now. I just remember a great sense of relief,’ she said.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed that five campers and one counselor are still missing from Camp Mystic as of Tuesday afternoon.

‘Nothing is as heart-wrenching as hearing the stories of what the girls around here — especially the girls at Camp Mystic — went through,’ Abbott said at a news conference after touring the campgrounds.

‘To see where they lived at one moment, where they disappeared the next moment and were gone forever a few moments after that.’

The Biblical floods claimed the lives of 27 campers and one counselor from the all-girls Christian summer camp after the Guadalupe River flooded and surged by up to 30 feet above its usual water level.

Searchers have found the body of an eight-year-old girl who was staying in the Camp Mystic cabin that was swept away by raging water early Friday morning.

Blakely McCrory’s family confirmed her death on Tuesday, saying that while they ‘mourn her absence’, her loved ones also ‘choose to celebrate her life’.

‘While we hoped for a miracle, it has been confirmed that Blakely’s life was lost on the Guadalupe that early morning, along with so many others,’ her mother Lindsey said on Facebook.

‘Eight years on this earth is far too short a stay. Still, we know that Blakely was light and life, and she brightened the day of everyone fortunate enough to cross her path. Our little corner of the world is a better and brighter place because Blakely was here.’

Lindsey also expressed her gratitude towards the rescuers who located her daughter amid the debris and devastation left behind by the floods.

‘Deepest thanks go to all the first responders, many of whom remained on station for days at a time, without sleep, sustenance, or comfort. You brought Blakely home, and for that, we will always be grateful,’ she said.

Lindsey added: ‘Our thoughts and prayers remain with the many other families who have suffered unimaginable loss and trauma in this tragic event.’

Blakely was a student at Memorial Lutheran School in Houston.

She was one of four students from her school attending the camp last week when the deadly floods erupted, Associate Pastor Ned Moerbe told KHOU.

The other three students were found safe, Moerbe added.

The pastor, reflecting on the tragedy, shared on Sunday how the congregation was ‘leaning’ on God and supporting each other as they face this disaster together.

He also issued a message to other families waiting for answers, saying: ‘You’re in our prayers. We pray that God’s peace is with you, and we pray that these children are found quickly and safely.’

Tensions were heated during Tuesday’s press briefing when CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz asked Texas officials about the alleged ‘slow response’ to the deadly floods.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha and Texas Game Wardens Lt. Col Ben Baker got defensive after the reporter probed them about the region’s emergency alert system.

Leitha was asked by CNN national correspondent Isabel Rosales to detail a specific timeline of what unfolded as the floods erupted early Friday morning – but repeatedly evaded the questioned.

But Prokupecz, in an apparent attempt to support his colleague, pushed back at the sheriff’s lack of response, citing how ‘the community here is asking these questions’.

‘What happened? When did it happen? Was the emergency manager awake? At the time, did they push the button to issue an emergency alert?,’ the reporter asked.

‘It’s not that easy,’ Laitha snapped back. ‘It’s not that easy as you just push a button, OK, there’s a lot more to that, and we’ve told you several times.’

That answer, however, was apparently insufficient for the reporter who then doubled down on his question.

Pictured: Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha became defensive during this morning's media briefing when a reporter questioned the 'slow reponse' to the deadly Texas floods

Pictured: Shimon Prokupecz

‘You can’t tell me if the emergency manager of the county actually issued an emergency alert,’ he asked as another journalist in the background is heard saying ‘Who runs the emergency operations center?’

Leitha said he would ‘come back’ to Prokupecz, noting that ‘I’m going nowhere’.

Another journalist repeated the dodged question: ‘Who runs the Emergency Operations Center?’

That’s when the sheriff got snippy. ‘We have a communication center, a dispatch, okay? We have communication center. That’s where the calls actually go to the police department, then they’re forwarded to us,’ he said.

Prokupecz continued to press for more information, asking the sheriff to specifically detail who in the city, county and state were receiving the emergency information.

He also asked who ‘ultimately made the decision to evacuate’.

Seemingly somewhat flustered by the testy exchange, Leitha replied: ‘Okay, what we would have done when we get notified. Okay, I’m gonna tell you.’

But he was interrupted yet again, with another reporter asking: ‘You’re not emergency management though, right? The sheriff’s not EOC.’

‘No, there is no…’ he began, but Baker interjected.

‘We understand you have many questions, we understand that. But right now, this team up here is focused on bringing people home,’ the Lt. Col. said, talking over a persistent journalist.

Pictured: Texas Game Wardens Lt. Col Ben Baker dismissed the line of questioning and reiterated 'all of our resources are focused to recovery'

Prokupecz began to explain that the media was understanding of the situation, but Baker interrupted him yet again.

‘That’s our focus. All those questions will be answered, but the priority right now is bringing people [home],’ he said.

Prokupecz, however, doubled down again. He hailed the ‘incredible work’ being done by first responders who are ‘out there muddy and sweaty and grinding it out day after day’ – but reiterated that the Kerr County community is desperate for information.

‘We will have we will get answers. Right now, all of our resources are focused to recovery,’ Baker replied.

The CNN reporter began to ask once more who was running the emergency operations center on Friday morning, but Baker stopped him, saying: ‘Do we have another question?’

Molly DeWitt, 9, did not survive the flooding at Camp Mystic, according to a Facebook post shared by her Houston-area school Wilchester Elementary.

‘Friends, our community is absolutely devastated about the loss of sweet Molly DeWitt. Our hearts are so heavy knowing theirs are broken,’ the post read, according to CNN.

On Saturday, the school said, ‘Our hearts are with Wilchester student Molly DeWitt, her family, the other missing campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, and all those also missing and affected in the Hill Country area.’

The horrific flash floods have claimed the lives of at least 108 people as of Tuesday afternoon, and officials have confirmed the operation has shifted from rescue to recovery.

As authorities continue to search for the 23 people still missing across the state, volunteers are combing through the ruins for lost pets and working to reunite them with their owners.

Kerrville Pets Alive, a local animal rescue at the epicenter of the damage, has already taken in 40 animals and received 100 reports of either lost or found pets since Friday, according to the New York Post.

CEO of Austin Pets Alive, Dr. Ellen Jefferson, told ABC News Live teams are working around the clock to address the growing needs of hurt and lost animals.

A 22-year-old woman has been identified as the first flooding victim in Williamson County.

Kaitlyn Swallow’s body was recovered by search and rescue crews with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office late Saturday night.

Swallow, who was from the small town of Liberty Hill, was killed when in the massive flooding of the San Gabriel River over the weekend.

The floods have killed at least 109 people, including dozens of children, according to the latest data as of Tuesday afternoon.

Rescue teams from federal agencies, neighboring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to search for survivors, which have been hindered by thunderstorms and downpours.

As they work through lists of people reported missing, the teams have not found a living survivor in Kerr County since Friday.

At least 56 adults and 30 children have been killed in hardest-hit Kerr County, with more than two dozen victims yet to be identified.

The floods killed at least another 22 people outside Kerr County. Here is a county by county breakdown:

• Kerr County: 87
• Travis County: 7
• Kendall County: 7
• Burnett County: 5
• Williamson County: 2
• Tom County: 1

Officials warn the final death total will almost certainly continue to rise with rescuers presuming that all those who remain missing did not survive.

Scammers are targeting the loved ones of Texas floods victims, Kerrville city manager Dalton Rice has warned.

Some families have reportedly received fake calls from people claiming to have their missing children and loved ones.

‘Victims’ families are being reached out to saying that they have their kids, pay me money. It’s heartbreaking, it’s absolutely heartbreaking,’ Rice said during a press conference Monday.

Several parents posted their phone numbers online after their children went missing after the various summer camps in central Texas were ravaged by rushing water.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted the ‘morally bankrupt’ and vowed that ‘anyone engaging in these scams will face the full force of the law, and I will not rest until they are brought to justice’.

Rice noted the Kerr County missing persons hotline has also seen a rise in scam calls.

‘We’re dealing with mental health issues, where people are calling saying they have visions. All of these things we’re dealing with on a day-to-day basis and having to vet this information, and it becomes very taxing on our people,’ he added.

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will be visiting Texas with his wife First Lady Melania Trump.

The couple will visit on Friday, Trump said during his cabinet meeting today.

His visit comes after White House slammed critics claiming his cuts to weather agencies had weakened warning systems.

The president – who previously said disaster relief should be handled at the state level – has signed a major disaster declaration for flood ravaged Texas, activating fresh federal funds and freeing up resources.

Pictured: President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says emergency responders in Texas are ‘still looking for a lot of little girls’ who remain missing after Friday’s flash floods.

Noem on Tuesday described the scene at Camp Mystic in Kerrville, Texas, at the urging of President Donald Trump as he opened a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House.

Noem visited on Saturday, a day after floodwaters swept away the camp.

She said Texans are strong but ‘they’ve gone through something that is absolutely horrific, and it is heartbreaking to watch these families suffer the way that they are.’

The DHS Secretary shared how she was ‘surprised’ when she arrived at the camp and saw the devastation.

‘The parents that were looking for their children and picking up their daughters’ stuffed animals out of the mud and finding their daughter’s shoe that might be laying in the cabin and, just hugging and comforting people matters a lot,’ she said.

‘I’m extremely grateful for God’s hand in that whole situation because hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people were saved,’ she said. ‘And and this is a time for all of us in this country to remember that we were created to serve each other.’

The body of Odessa police officer Bailey Martin has been found, the force confirmed Tuesday.

Bailey’s body was found on Monday and positive identification and notification of his next of kin were completed overnight.

The police officer and his girlfriend Jayda Floyd were on camping trip with a group of six people at HTR TX Hill Country Campground in Kerrville whe the floods broke out.

Bailey’s father Bobby Martin, 46, and mother Amanda Martin, 44, were previously pronounced dead.

The couple’s two teenage children had been rescued after they took refuge in a tree.

It remains unclear if Floyd has been found yet.

Odessa police issued a statement Tuesday, saying: ‘We kindly ask that you respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time, as they have not only lost Bailey but also several other family members.

‘Our prayers go out to them and to everyone affected by this devastating natural disaster. At this time, all OPD officers are wearing mourning bands over their badges, and all flags in front of OPD have been lowered to half-staff.

‘The Odessa Police Department would like to encourage the citizens of Odessa to replace their porch lights with blue bulbs for the rest of the week in remembrance of Bailey.’

At least 108 people have died in the Texas floods, officials confirmed Tuesday.

The death toll rose to 108 after Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha announced that more bodies had been recovered.

Kerr County, through which the Guadalupe River runs, was the hardest hit by the devastation, with at least 87 people killed including 30 children, according to the local sheriff’s office.

Here is a breakdown of the 108 confirmed deaths by county, as of late Tuesday morning:

• Kerr County: 87
• Travis County: 7
• Burnet County: 5
• Kendall County: 6
• Williamson County: 2
• Tom Green County: 1

Kerr County officials have once again evaded questions about the area’s emergency alert system.

Sheriff Larry Leitha says the county will create a timeline of how it alerted residents about Friday’s deadly flash floods – but notes ‘that is not my priority this time’.

‘There are three priorities: that’s locating the people out there, identifying, notifying the next of kin – that is what I’m taking as my job as sheriff,’ he told a press conference Tuesday.

But reporters pushed back, with one asking Leitha if the emergency manager was even awake during the wee hours of the morning Friday to ‘push the button to issue an emergency alert’.

‘It’s not that easy,’ the sheriff replied. ‘It’s not that easy as you just push a button, OK, there’s a lot more to that, and we’ve told you several times.’

Media members continued the probe the sheriff and other officials about the emergency alert system throughout the briefing, but authorities dodged the line of questioning.

Pictured: An American flag is placed on a stump in Kerrville, Texas on Tuesday

Pictured: Debris covers over tree limbs after flooding near the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas on Tuesday

County and state leaders have been questioned about the alert system since the deadly floods erupted on Friday.

The weather service first advised of potential flooding on Thursday and then sent out a series of flash flood warnings in the early hours of Friday before issuing flash flood emergencies – a rare step that alerts the public to imminent danger.

Authorities and elected officials have said they did not expect such an intense downpour, the equivalent of months of rain. Some residents said they never received any warnings.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also said local and federal weather services provided sufficient warnings.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha has asked private boats to stay off of the Guadalupe River as recovery efforts remain underway.

He asked volunteers and private citizens to keep off the water and ‘allow search and rescue teams to operate without any interference’.

‘This is a tragic time for us,’ Leitha said during Tuesday’s press briefing. ‘We’re so grateful and thankful for all the resources that have been provided to us to do this job, you know, and I can assure you, we will not stop until this mission is complete.’

The sheriff’s plea comes one day after Kerrville city officials urged people to stop flying drones over the area after they said a private drone operating illegally Monday afternoon collided with a helicopter involved in emergency operations.

The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing and is out of service until further notice.

Pictured: A search and recovery team prepares a fan boat to launch on Guadalupe River near Ingram, Texas on Tuesday while in search of remains of people who were swept up in the flash flooding

Pictured: Search and rescue crews continue to look for missing persons on Tuesday after devastating floods hit near the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas

Pictured: Debris lays along the Guadalupe River near Ingram, Texas on Tuesday after it was swept up in the flash flooding

Kerrville city mayor Joe Herring Jr asked for continued prayers during a press briefing this morning.

He asked people to pray for ‘those who mourn, those who wait, and those who help’.

Herring, whose address to the public was brief, reiterated that officials are working together to recover and identify missing loved ones.

‘I want to reassure our community and those families that the city, county, state and federal experts are working together – not separately – but as one team,’ he said.

Herring also thanked everyone who has offered support in the way of in-kind and monetary donations.

He said the ‘outpour of generosity have been tremendous and we are grateful’, but added the influx has been so great that the city is ‘working on a new system to accept donations’. Details will be posted on the city Facebook page when finalized.

The death toll in Kerr County has risen to 87 this morning, county Sheriff Larry L. Leitha confirmed during a press conference.

Among the 87 identified victims, 30 are children.

Leitha says identification is pending for 19 adults and seven children. One person still remains unidentified.

Five Camp Mystic campers and one counselor are also still unaccounted for.

Yellowstone star Cole Hauser will be delivering supplies to the victims of the deadly Texas flash floods.

‘Our hearts are with everyone impacted by the flooding in the hill country,’ Hauser wrote in an Instagram post in partnership with his Free Rein Coffee Company.

‘To the first responders working around the clock, thank you. Your courage and commitment mean everything, especially in moments like this.’

The actor added that his company will be ‘bringing coffee and supplies to Kerr County’ in an effort to support the community in ‘any small way we can’.

‘If you’re on the front lines and could use some, let us know in the comments,’ the post continued. ‘Stay safe, Texas. We’re with you.’

Hauser is best known for his portrayal of Rip Wheeler in Yellowstone.

Pictured: Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler in Yellowstone

A young girl has been left orphaned after her family’s RV was swept by the Guadalupe River floods while they were on vacation.

Jenna Burgess is the sole survivor in her family-of-five after rushing water ravaged the Blue Oak RV Park on Friday.

Her father John Burgess, 39, desperately clung to her brothers as the river rapidly rose in the early hours of Friday morning.

Her mother Julia Anderson Burgess, 38, was also killed in the floods.

Jenna’s brothers Jack, 5, and one-year-old James are still missing. Searchers say all those who have yet to be located are presumed dead.

The young girl was staying at a nearby camp that wasn’t impacted by the floods. She has been found safe but was left to deal with the tragedy.

Pictured: Jenna Burgess (front left) has been left orphaned after her father John (back left) and mother Julia (back right) were killed in the Kerrville floods. Her brothers Jack (fropnt right) and James (back center) are still missing

Pictured: First responders search through debris near Blue Oak RV Park in Ingram, Texas after floodwaters swept away the entire community

Pictured: First responders search an area along the Guadalupe river near Blue Oak RV Park in Ingram, Texas

Witnesses said John’s haunting last moments were spent clinging to a tree while trying to save his sons.

Lorena Guillen, the owner of the Blue Oak RV Park in Kerr County, told the New York Post that she saw John hold his children before the floods swept them away.

‘My husband was in the water trying to ask them, “Please throw me your baby!” The man was holding tight to his babies, and he just got swept away,’ Guillen recalled.

Guillen said the family had come to the RV park to celebrate the holiday weekend and the kids were ‘so excited’ to be there.

Jenna’s uncle is country singer Pat Green. He detailed his ‘heartbreak’ and ‘deeply personal loss’ on social media after his brother and sister-in-law were declared dead.

University of Texas at San Antonio professor Katheryn Eads died in the central Texas flooding, the academic institution has confirmed.

Eads was camping with her husband Brian in the Hill Country when the waters came rushing in.

Brian told the New York Times, he and his wife were swept out of a truck by the water when he was hit in the head by the debris and lost track of her.

Eads was a psychology senior lecturer and a proud mother of three daughters and four grandchildren.

UTSA President Taylor Eighmy, in a statement, said: ‘The last several days have been deeply painful for our university community as we continue to learn more about the immense devastation and loss that is so close to us.’

Pictured: University of Texas at San Antonio professor Katheryn Eads was a proud mother of three daughters and four grandchildren

Pictured: Eads was camping with her husband Brian in the Hill Country when the waters came rushing in. The couple were swept out of a truck by the water when he was hit in the head by the debris and lost track of her

Eads joined the UTSA staff in 2022 and became a full-time Department of Psychology faculty member earlier this year.

‘Dr. Eads was an extraordinary educator whose devotion to her students and to the craft of teaching embodied the very best of our academic community,’ Heather Shipley, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, said.

‘Through her insight, expertise and unwavering commitment to student success, she inspired generations of learners and colleagues alike. Her absence leaves a profound void at UTSA, but her impact will continue to resonate through the lives she touched.’

A ‘number’ of UTSA faculty and staff live or own property in the areas ravaged by the catastrophic floods this past weekend, the school notes.

Two UTSA students are also understood to still be missing.

The university has offered assistance and support to all those affected by the disaster.

Four flood warnings remain in effect for parts of central Texas this morning, but all flood watches across the state have been dropped.

Flood warnings are currently active for the Leon River at Gatesville in Coryell County, Cowhouse Creek near Pidcoke, and the San Saba River in San Saba County.

A flood warning is issued when hazardous weather event is imminent or actively occurring, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters warn scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, but chances of rain will continued to decrease throughout the day.

They note that overall Tuesday will be significantly drier than the last several days.

Scattered storms are also forecast for Wednesday.

The National Weather Service warns that although widespread rain is not expected, isolated flooding remains possible.

Country singer Pat Green suffered a ‘heartbreaking’ loss during the deadly Texas floods that have consumed the lives of more than 100 people.

The singer, who lives in Fort Worth, lost multiple family members in the flash floods that occurred in Kerrville, roughly 270 miles away from Green’s residence.

His brother John, sister-in-law Julia and two of their children were ‘swept away in the Kerrville flood’, Green’s wife Kori revealed in an Instagram post.

Green, who detailed his ‘deeply personal loss’ on social media, said: ‘We are grieving alongside countless Texans whose lives have been upended by this tragedy.

‘Right now, we kindly ask for privacy and space as we mourn, support each other and begin to process what comes next for our family.’

He added: ‘Thank you for your love, prayers, and compassion.’

Green was scheduled to play a concert in Luckenbach, a town about 60 miles from hard hit Kerr County, on Saturday – but the show has been postponed.

Pictured: Country singer Pat Green, whose family suffered a 'heartbreaking' loss during the deadly Texas floods

Pictured: John and Julia Burgess with their two children

Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over flood-ravaged central Texas on Monday, as hopes of finding survivors among dozens still missing from the devastating floods dimmed.

The bulk of the death toll from Friday’s calamity was concentrated in and around the riverfront town of Kerrville, situated in a swath of Texas Hill Country known as ‘flash flood alley.’

By Monday afternoon, the bodies of 84 flood victims – 56 adults and 28 children – were recovered in Kerr County, most of them in the county seat of Kerrville, according to the local sheriff.

The death count across the state rose to 105 by Tuesday morning, with at least 23 people still missing. While authorities held out hope that some of the missing would turn up alive, those who remain missing are now presumed dead.

With additional rain on the way, more flooding still threatens saturated parts of central Texas and authorities warn the death toll is sure to rise.

‘This will be a rough week,’ Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr said Monday.

He added: ‘We remain hopeful every foot, every mile, every bend of the river.’

Pictured: Pat Green and his wife Kori, who live in Fort Worth. Their loved ones in Kerrville, roughly 270 miles from their residence, were 'swept away' in Friday's deadly flash floods

Pictured: Pat Green detailed the 'deeply personal loss' on social media

Some families have been frustrated by the pace of the search efforts, but officials are asking for patience with the breadth of the search area and methodical, no-stone-unturned approach.

It’s a sweeping operation with 19 different local and state agencies, drones, dogs, boats and helicopters.

Officials have laid out a grid over the search area. Each segment can reach over a mile and takes between one and three hours to search, Dalton Rice, the city manager of Kerrville, said at a news conference Monday morning.

Kori Green, in her social media post Monday, said of their missing family members: ‘We are heartbroken and anxiously waiting for all of them to be found.’

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.

Kerr County, through which the Guadalupe River runs, was the hardest hit, with at least 84 people killed including 28 children, according to the local sheriff’s office.

The toll includes 27 who had been staying at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp that was housing about 750 people when the floodwaters struck.

Here is a breakdown of the 105 confirmed deaths by county, as of Tuesday morning:

• Kerr County: 84
• Travis County: 7
• Burnet County: 5
• Kendall County: 6
• Williamson County: 2
• Tom Green County: 1

An elderly man who escaped the deadly Texas floods with his wife and helped save others in his community suffered a heart attack during the tragedy.

Lyle and Sue Glenna survived the catastrophic floods, but everything they own was lost in the disaster, according to a GoFundMe campaign established in their honor.

The couple helped save ‘many lives’ at the campground by honking their car horn to wake others up, ‘giving precious minutes for some to evacuate’.

But Lyle unfortunately had a heart attack during the floods and was hospitalized, with his loved ones saying the ‘trauma and stress’ has made is recovery ‘slow going’.

The couple lost many friends, their home and all their belongings in the disaster.

They have been provided temporary housing with family, but will need to ‘rebuild their lives from scratch’, their loved ones say.

The crowdfunding campaign set up to provide them with aid during this ‘unimaginable time’ has already raised more than $20,000, as of Tuesday morning.

A father who lost his life in the tragic Texas floods had desperately clung to his ‘babies’ as the waters ravaged the RV park where his family was vacationing.

John Burgess, 39, was found dead after the deluge swept him away from the RV park with his two young boys. Their mother was also taken by the floodwaters.

Family members confirmed John’s death and recently announced that his wife, Julia Anderson Burgess, 38, was also killed in the floods.

Their two young boys – James, 1, and Jack, 5 – are still missing.

The couple’s daughter, Jenna, was staying at a nearby camp that wasn’t impacted by the floods. She has been found safe but was left to deal with the tragedy.

Witnesses said the father’s haunting last moments were spent clinging to a tree while trying to save his sons.

Rescue efforts to find survivors in the aftermath of flash floods in Texas were shifting toward a recovery mission as hopes that anyone would be found alive began to fade.

The death toll surpassed 100 on Monday and amid fears of worsening weather Governor Greg Abbott vowed to stop at nothing to find every single one of those still unaccounted for.

But first responders have been confronted with the sobering reality that, as the search enters a fifth day, finding survivors is growing increasingly unlikely.

National Association for Search and Rescue executive director Chris Boyer told the New York Times it is ‘a very personal decision by that community and the community leaders about when to start discussing recovery.’

He added: ‘You don’t want to start using the word “recovery” too soon. But you also don’t want to give false hope.’

Search and rescue crews have found the body of an eight-year-old Camp Mystic camper who was swept away by the deadly Guadalupe River floods.

Mary Grace Baker’s death was confirmed by her family’s parish priest, Father Andrew Moore of St. Anne Catholic Church in Beaumont, early Tuesday morning.

Fr. Moore shared a message from the third grader’s mother Katie with WOAI-TV. It reads: ‘We have received confirmation that our precious angel has been found.

‘We have felt all of your prayers and support the past couple of days. Please continue to lift us up as we do not see how we can possibly carry on without her. We will share details regarding her rosary and funeral as they are finalized.’

The church and school community also paid tribute to the young girl, hailing her ‘kindness’, ‘friendship’, ‘joyful spirit’ and ‘love for her faith and family’.

‘Her giggle was contagious, as was her spirit,’ St.Anne’s wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post.

‘We are heartbroken at the loss of our Mary Grace. Words are difficult to find, but we take comfort that her earthly body has been found, and her pure soul is now wrapped in the arms of Jesus. Please continue to pray for the Baker family and all those in our school community affected by this unimaginable loss.’

Mary Grace loved art, dance and playing little league. She also loved all things pink, sparkles and wearing ‘bows in her signature angelic ringlet curls’, her school says.

She recently celebrated her First Communion and ended her second-grade year by receiving the Elizabeth Ann Seton Award, which is presented to exemplary people whose support and service impacts Catholic education and the well-being of others.

The Texas floods death toll rose to 105 overnight.

The toll includes 27 who had been staying at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp that was housing about 750 people when the floodwaters struck.

Kerr County, through which the Guadalupe River runs, was the hardest hit, with at least 84 people killed including 28 children, according to the local sheriff’s office.

Kendall County, which sits around 18 miles from downtown San Antonio, reported six deaths Monday.

At least 23 people remain missing. A massive search is underway involving hundreds of volunteers and more than 20 state agencies.

Officials also warn the final death total will almost certainly continue to rise.

Haunting new photos captured inside Camp Mystic show how an all-girls Christian summer camp now resembles a scene from a horror disaster film.

Cabin walls were completely ripped off from the storm, spewing debris and mud inside them. Furniture is seen lying on the floor across damaged rooms.

Crosses and other religious decorations that hung on the walls are now covered with residue from the floods.

Campers’ belongings, dressers and bunk bed mattresses were also spewed across the grounds following the flooding that completely destroyed the camp.

Twenty-seven Camp Mystic campers and counselors died after being swept away by raging floodwaters early Friday morning.

Pictured: A cabin building missing a wall in the aftermath of deadly flooding at Camp Mystic

Pictured: Art supplies lie on a damaged table inside of a cabin at Camp Mystic

Pictured: Campers' belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic's cabins near the Guadalupe River on Monday

Pictured: Crosses hang on a wall with flood marks at Camp Mystic

Pictured: Furniture lies on the floor in a damaged room following flooding on the Guadalupe River at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas

Pictured: Chairs lie inside a damaged room at Camp Mystic following flooding on the Guadalupe River

Pictured: Campers' belongings lie on the ground following flooding on the Guadalupe River at Camp Mystic

Lorena Guillen, the owner of Blue Oak RV Park in Ingram, rushed from trailer to trailer in the early hours of Friday morning, pounding on doors and urging residents to evacuate as the park began rapidly flooding.

But within minutes, cars and RVs began floating past her with families trapped inside as they were swept away by floodwater.

She could hear families screaming, honking, and banging desperately on windows.

‘It was pitch black, so all you could see was the lights floating and people screaming and banging against the window and honking,’ she told The Wall Street Journal.

She said the storm came essentially out of nowhere and arrived so quickly that water levels were up 10 feet in just one hour.

The businesswoman claims she called the Kerr County Sheriff’s department around 2am to ask if she needed to evacuate, but was told they had no information.

By 3.30am everyone at Blue Oak was forcibly leaving their homes.

She told WSJ: ‘It was just raining, you know, like nothing. We did have a warning, a flash flood warning, but this…is very, very normal for the Hill Country.’

All 33 RVs in her community were eventually washed away by the deadly storm.

Guillen revealed in previous interview with WOAI-TV that all of her residents except one family-of-five made it out of the floods safely.