Catherine Wendlandt, a freelance writer in Texas who has written stories for Chron, attended Camp Mystic as a camper from 2004 to '13, then served as a counselor from 2014 to '16. Wendlandt shared this tribute to camp counselors,

Chloe Childress, a counselor at Camp Mystic, died during the flooding in Hunt, Texas, according to a representative of her high school.

At least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic in Texas have died in devastating flash flooding that swept through the region, the camp announced. At least 120 people have died in the flooding that struck Texas Hill Country on Friday.

Katherine Ferruzzo, a Camp Mystic counselor who had been missing since the Texas floods, was found dead on Friday, July 11, Ferruzzo's family confirmed in a statement obtained by NBC 5.

Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 people.

Generations of the same family have operated the summer camp since 1939. It counts family members of former president and governors as alumnae.

Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.

Flooding in central Texas caused the Guadalupe River to flood. A Christian girls camp, Camp Mystic, was affected and some campers are missing.

The death toll from Friday morning’s horrific flooding rose to at least 80 across Texas on Sunday evening, with 68 of the deaths in Kerr County, where Camp Mystic is based.

Janie Hunt was the great-granddaughter of the late American oil baron William Herbet Hunt and a cousin of Clark Hunt, the current owner of the Kansas

Out of the tragic, deadly flooding in Central Texas, stories of heroism have been emerging — including one about a teen counselor from Camp Mystic, which has seen over two dozen of its children and counselors perish since July 4.

As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm.