Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said authorities were searching for 23 girls listed as unaccounted for among more than 700 children who were at a summer camp when it was swept by floodwaters.

At least 20 girls are missing from an all-girls Christian summer camp in South Texas after catastrophic floods struck the area in the wake of severe overnight storms.

Local and state law enforcement in Kerr County were working to rescue and evacuate residents Friday as a flash flooding emergency led to dozens of fatalities. At least 20 girls were reported missing from a summer camp in the area,