Heartbreaking vids show kids having fun at Camp Mystic – before singing through sobs & tears as they flee deadly floods

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HEARTBREAKING video shows girls having fun at Camp Mystic just days before flooding would tragically kill five.
Dozens were evacuated after the disaster with video filmed by a nurse catching them singing through tears fleeing the deadly floods on a bus.
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Campers played games just hours before disaster struck
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A Camp Mystic nurse captured the campers singing as they are evacauted
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The bus evacuating the girls drone through a flooded river
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The young girls sing worship songs as they drive through the devastated zone - with trees torn up, fences pushed over, and cars pushed on top of each other.
At least 10 girls and one councillor remain missing from the camp which sat on the bank of the Guadalupe River in central Texas.
Video shows girls laughing and playing games at the historic all-girls Christian camp - which is nearly a century old.
They include running around the dining room with trays above their head, carrying another girl in a team game, and a sport on a field.
But hours later they would be evacuated in the horrific tragedy.
The Guadalupe River rose 26ft in just 45 minutes after heavy rain hit central Texas at around 4am on Friday.
Younger girls slept in cabins just 500ft from the river on a small flat area of land off a bend in the watercourse.
At least 28 children died in Kerr County - where Camp Mystic is located.
Tragically, three girls confirmed to have died at Mystic River were aged 8 and 9 years old.
Older girls slept in cabins further away from the flooding.
Trump mourns 'unimaginable tragedy' as deaths rise to 78 in Texas floods with 10 girls still missing from Camp Mystic
As the water quickly rose the girls were forced to flee, with adults at the camp desperately trying to save them.
But the flooding was too strong and at least 30 adults, like the camp's beloved director Dick Eastland, were killed.
Camp Mystic said in a statement: 'This tragedy has devastated us and our entire community.
'Our hearts are broken alongside the families that are enduring this tragedy, and we share their hope and prayers.'
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Best friends Eloise Peck and Lila Bonner were sharing a cabin and both lost their lives
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Floodwater rose into the cabins in the disaster
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Rescuers are now scouring the devastated landscape as they search for survivors.
A total of 41 people remain missing, according to Governor Greg Abbott.
Camper Lila Bonner tragically was one of those killed with her family releasing a statement confirming her death.
They wrote: "In the midst of our unimaginable grief, we ask for privacy and are unable to confirm any details at this time.
"We ache with all who loved her and are praying endlessly."
Lila shared a cabin with her best friend Eloise Peck, 8, who also lost her life.
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Girls could be seen playing games in the dining room
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They also played team games having to carry each other in a race
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Her mom, Missy Peck, told Fox4: 'Eloise was literally friends with everyone. She loved spaghetti but not more than she loved dogs and animals.
'She passed away with her cabinmate and best friend Lila Bonner who also died.
"Eloise had a family who loved her fiercely for the 8 years she was with us. Especially her Mommy.'
A total of 41 people remain missing, according to Governor Greg Abbott.
It comes as Donald Trump announced he signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County to help search efforts in response to the "unimaginable tragedy" in Texas.