TEXAS FLOODING: Search underway for 23 Texas campers
A frantic search continued on Saturday for about two dozen people still missing from a centuryold Christian girls camp in central Texas after flash floods in the area killed at least 24 at the start of the U. S. Independence Day weekend and prompted the rescue of hundreds of others. Reuters reports, In a break for rescue crews, authorities said flood waters on Saturday were receding in the area around the Guadalupe River, about 85 miles (137 km) northwest of San Antonio, where at least 237 people were rescued, with more than 100 by helicopters. Another 23to25 people from the Camp Mystic summer camp were missing, most of them reported to be young girls. The river waters rose 29 feet rapidly near the camp. Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX Where to watch LiveNOW from FOX: Follow us LiveNOWFOX on Twitter: Raw and unfiltered. Watch a nonstop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNOW from FOX.
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