Parts of the state devastated by flash floods that left at least 82 dead were braced for more heavy rains as forecasters extended flood warnings through Monday evening.

Local officials warned the number of dead will likely rise and were due to give an update on Sunday morning, as search and rescue teams raced to find 27 girls missing from a camp near the Guadalupe River,

At least 32 people have died and dozens of children are missing in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Flash floods in Central Texas have killed at least 82 people and left 41 missing as search efforts continue Monday.

Rescuers were searching for more than two dozen girls missing from a summer camp in Texas after a flash flood killed at least 50 people, 15 of them children. The Guadalupe River that runs through the Hill Country in central south Texas rose by 26ft (8 metres) in 45 minutes in the early hours of Friday,

Flooding in Central Texas took at least 43 lives on Friday, July 4. Anthony Antoine visited the site of where fireworks to celebrate the holiday were supposed to be launched.