Hours before a massive wall of floodwater barreled down a river in the heart of Texas Hill Country before sunrise on Friday, forecasters with the National Weather Service warned people that dangerous conditions were brewing.

The number of deaths due to the flooding in Texas is now at least 78, according to the latest information from state officials.

Officials said more than 850 people had been rescued after a sudden storm dumped up to 15 inches of rain across the region.

The death toll from the devastating floods across central Texas surpassed 80 as dozens of people remain missing. In Kerr County, at least 40 children and 28 adults died, according to officials.

Flash floods in Texas killed at least 82 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing, including girls attending a summer camp. The devastation along the Guadalupe River,

By Justin Porter Hundreds of searchers were combing wide swaths of Central Texas yesterday after severe rainfall caused flash flooding on the Guadalupe River. As the death toll climbed to at least 80,