Parts of central Texas saw a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours overnight into Friday, prompting multiple flash flood emergencies. Follow for live updates on the rescue effort, including the search for more than 20 girls from a summer camp in the region.

Children are among the dead, said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has taken on the duties of acting governor. There are several major camps in the area, and at one of them, Camp Mystic,