Texas floods summer camp miracle as two girls found alive 'clinging to tree'
Two girls who were missing after devastating floods in Texas have been found alive, clinging onto a 30ft tree.
Reports suggest that the two children have been rescued between Comfort and Homillus Road in Center Point. Witnesses said the girls were found as teams recovered four bodies from the area.
It comes as there have been at least 59 confirmed deaths in the area. Among Kerr Country's confirmed dead are at least 21 children.
The missing girls were from Camp Mystic, a riverside Christian camp in Hunt.
As reported in the Mirror, the destructive, fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8m) on the river in only 45 minutes before daybreak on Friday, washing away homes and vehicles.
The danger was not over as flash flood watches remained in effect and more rain fell in central Texas on Sunday.
Searchers used helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims and to rescue people stranded in trees and from camps isolated by washed-out roads. Officials said more than 850 people were rescued in the first 36 hours.
President Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County today, activating the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Texas.
Trump said: "These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing."
Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed that authorities will work around the clock and said new areas were being searched as the water receded. He declared Sunday a day of prayer for the state.
He said: "I urge every Texan to join me in prayer this Sunday - for the lives lost, for those still missing, for the recovery of our communities, and for the safety of those on the front lines."
In Rome, Pope Leo XIV offered special prayers for those touched by the disaster.
History's first American pope spoke in English at the end of his Sunday noon blessing, saying: "I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in summer camp, in the disaster caused by the flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas in the United States. We pray for them."
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