Stricken Texas floods survivor recalls seeing people ‘die’ in worst way… as new photos of Camp Mystic emerge: Live updates

Lorena Guillen, the owner of Blue Oak RV Park in Ingram, rushed from trailer to trailer in the early hours of Friday morning, pounding on doors and urging residents to evacuate as the park began rapidly flooding.

But within minutes, cars and RVs began floating past her with families trapped inside as they were swept away by floodwater.

She could hear families screaming, honking, and banging desperately on windows.

‘It was pitch black, so all you could see was the lights floating and people screaming and banging against the window and honking,’ she told The Wall Street Journal.

She said the storm came essentially out of nowhere and arrived so quickly that water levels were up 10 feet in just one hour.

The businesswoman claims she called the Kerr County Sheriff’s department around 2am to ask if she needed to evacuate, but was told they had no information.

By 3.30am everyone at Blue Oak was forcibly leaving their homes.

She told WSJ: ‘It was just raining, you know, like nothing. We did have a warning, a flash flood warning, but this…is very, very normal for the Hill Country.’

All 33 RVs in her community were eventually washed away by the deadly storm.

Guillen revealed in previous interview with WOAI-TV that all of her residents except one family-of-five made it out of the floods safely.

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.

Kerr County, through which the Guadalupe River runs, was the hardest hit, with at least 84 people killed including 28 children, according to the local sheriff’s office.

The toll includes 27 who had been staying at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp that was housing about 750 people when the floodwaters struck.

Here is a breakdown of the 105 confirmed deaths by county, as of Tuesday morning:

• Kerr County: 84
• Travis County: 7
• Burnet County: 5
• Kendall County: 6
• Williamson County: 2
• Tom Green County: 1

An elderly man who escaped the deadly Texas floods with his wife and helped save others in his community suffered a heart attack during the tragedy.

Lyle and Sue Glenna survived the catastrophic floods, but everything they own was lost in the disaster, according to a GoFundMe campaign established in their honor.

The couple helped save ‘many lives’ at the campground by honking their car horn to wake others up, ‘giving precious minutes for some to evacuate’.

But Lyle unfortunately had a heart attack during the floods and was hospitalized, with his loved ones saying the ‘trauma and stress’ has made is recovery ‘slow going’.

The couple lost many friends, their home and all their belongings in the disaster.

They have been provided temporary housing with family, but will need to ‘rebuild their lives from scratch’, their loved ones say.

The crowdfunding campaign set up to provide them with aid during this ‘unimaginable time’ has already raised more than $20,000, as of Tuesday morning.

A father who lost his life in the tragic Texas floods had desperately clung to his ‘babies’ as the waters ravaged the RV park where his family was vacationing.

John Burgess, 39, was found dead after the deluge swept him away from the RV park with his two young boys. Their mother was also taken by the floodwaters.

Family members confirmed John’s death and recently announced that his wife, Julia Anderson Burgess, 38, was also killed in the floods.

Their two young boys – James, 1, and Jack, 5 – are still missing.

The couple’s daughter, Jenna, was staying at a nearby camp that wasn’t impacted by the floods. She has been found safe but was left to deal with the tragedy.

Witnesses said the father’s haunting last moments were spent clinging to a tree while trying to save his sons.

Rescue efforts to find survivors in the aftermath of flash floods in Texas were shifting toward a recovery mission as hopes that anyone would be found alive began to fade.

The death toll surpassed 100 on Monday and amid fears of worsening weather Governor Greg Abbott vowed to stop at nothing to find every single one of those still unaccounted for.

But first responders have been confronted with the sobering reality that, as the search enters a fifth day, finding survivors is growing increasingly unlikely.

National Association for Search and Rescue executive director Chris Boyer told the New York Times it is ‘a very personal decision by that community and the community leaders about when to start discussing recovery.’

He added: ‘You don’t want to start using the word “recovery” too soon. But you also don’t want to give false hope.’

Search and rescue crews have found the body of an eight-year-old Camp Mystic camper who was swept away by the deadly Guadalupe River floods.

Mary Grace Baker’s death was confirmed by her family’s parish priest, Father Andrew Moore of St. Anne Catholic Church in Beaumont, early Tuesday morning.

Fr. Moore shared a message from the third grader’s mother Katie with WOAI-TV. It reads: ‘We have received confirmation that our precious angel has been found.

‘We have felt all of your prayers and support the past couple of days. Please continue to lift us up as we do not see how we can possibly carry on without her. We will share details regarding her rosary and funeral as they are finalized.’

The church and school community also paid tribute to the young girl, hailing her ‘kindness’, ‘friendship’, ‘joyful spirit’ and ‘love for her faith and family’.

‘Her giggle was contagious, as was her spirit,’ St.Anne’s wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post.

‘We are heartbroken at the loss of our Mary Grace. Words are difficult to find, but we take comfort that her earthly body has been found, and her pure soul is now wrapped in the arms of Jesus. Please continue to pray for the Baker family and all those in our school community affected by this unimaginable loss.’

Mary Grace loved art, dance and playing little league. She also loved all things pink, sparkles and wearing ‘bows in her signature angelic ringlet curls’, her school says.

She recently celebrated her First Communion and ended her second-grade year by receiving the Elizabeth Ann Seton Award, which is presented to exemplary people whose support and service impacts Catholic education and the well-being of others.

The Texas floods death toll rose to 105 overnight.

The toll includes 27 who had been staying at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp that was housing about 750 people when the floodwaters struck.

Kerr County, through which the Guadalupe River runs, was the hardest hit, with at least 84 people killed including 28 children, according to the local sheriff’s office.

Kendall County, which sits around 18 miles from downtown San Antonio, reported six deaths Monday.

At least 23 people remain missing. A massive search is underway involving hundreds of volunteers and more than 20 state agencies.

Officials also warn the final death total will almost certainly continue to rise.