Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother, as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home, were simply, “I love you.”

Authorities said at least 24 people have died in flooding around Kerr County, Texas, and officials are still performing water rescues.

Catastrophic flooding struck central Texas on Friday as the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 to 26 feet within 90 minutes, causing widespread devastation and forcing mass evacuations in Texas Hill Country. At least 80 people have been killed in the floods while others remain missing or displaced and more than 850 people required rescuing.

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,

A t least 48 people are dead in central Texas in what officials called a "mass casualty event" after devastating flash floods slammed Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River.