(Reuters) -The death toll from the floods in central Texas has risen to 32 from 27, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a news conference on Saturday. "We have recovered some additional bodies... there's 32 deceased, 18 of those are adults and 14 are children," he said.

More than twenty girls were missing from a summer camp on the Guadalupe River after the waterway swelled to historic highs, authorities said.

Some 27 people, including nine children, have been confirmed dead after flash floods in central Texas, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said on Saturday (July 5), as rescuers continued a frantic search for survivors,