Texas's worst flooding in decades
A law enforcement member works in recovery operations following flooding on the Guadalupe River in Camp Mystic, on Monday. Photograph: Marco Bello/Reuters
Towels and clothing hang on a clothesline outside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, on Saturday. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
A rescue team searches for missing people on the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on Sunday. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
A family provides supplies in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, on Sunday. Photograph: Sergio Flores/Reuters
Search and rescue workers look through debris for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on Sunday. Photograph:Salvaged photographs in a family's home after it flooded in Center Point, Texas, on Sunday. Photograph:Kerrville, Texas, on Sunday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Onlookers surveil damage along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Kerrville, Texas, on Friday. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
The Guadalupe River in Kerrville on Sunday. Photograph:A table of refreshments is set up in a parking lot during a drive-up prayer service in Kerrville, on Sunday. Photograph: Sergio Flores/Reuters
Campers' belongings at Camp Mystic, on Monday. Photograph: Marco Bello/Reuters
People look on as law enforcement and volunteers continue to search for missing people near Camp Mystic. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
A flood gauge marks the height of water flowing near Kerrville, on Friday. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
People comfort each other in Kerrville on Saturday. Photograph: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP
Search and rescue workers dig through debris in Hunt, on Sunday. Photograph:A volunteer holds a sign for free food for people in need of relief in Center Point, on Sunday. Photograph:Heal-Corp Search and Rescue volunteers near Camp Mystic, on Monday. Photograph:Texas department of public safety troopers load a recovered body into the back of a vehicle near the Guadalupe River in Ingram, on Monday. Photograph: Eli Hartman/AP
The Guadalupe River flows over a bridge in Kerrville, on Saturday.
Photograph: Dustin Safranek/EPA
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