Search efforts persist in Texas following devastating floods that claimed 132 lives, including campers at Camp Mystic.

The Guadalupe River flooded on Friday, July 4, impacting cities across Kerr County including Kerrville, Hunt, Ingram, and more, killing at least 27 people . At least 27 children remain missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp in Hunt.

Several factors, both meteorological and geographical, created a nightmare recipe for flash flooding across the Texas Hill Country.

KERR COUNTY, Texas — A devastating scene unfolded in the Hill Country on the Fourth of July as dozens of people, including children, died after major flooding in multiple Texas counties. That number is expected to increase as search-and-rescue operations continue this weekend and beyond.

Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but have ties to the Houston and Mont Belvieu areas. Hutch and Beth Bryan, formerly of Houston, died in the Texas Hill Country flooding.

In the early days of July, pieces of weather systems were converging to create a disaster over Texas Hill Country that would transform the Guadalupe River into a monster raging out of its banks in the pre-dawn hours of July 4, claiming the lives of more than 129 people. At least 160 are still missing.

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Religion and the river are constant Kerr County touchstones. As residents lean on their faith, they grapple with their relationship to the water.

Fatigue and frustration are growing among rescue workers who are ending another long day of searching for those who perished in last week's Hill Country flood disaster. Some volunteers involved in the search are even resorting to on-site IV injections to get through the hottest day yet in the Guadalupe River basin,