Authorities have said thirteen people have died in Kerr County in the US state of Texas amid a bout of severe weather and flooding, APA reports citing BBC.
Others remain unaccounted for - including around 20 children who had been at a summer camp.
"That does not mean [the missing children] have been lost. They could be out of communication," acting governor Dan Patrick has said.
It follows the Guadalupe River rising by 26 feet (8 metres) within 45 minutes - a flood that has destroyed property and resulted in deaths, authorities have said.
