Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 90 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.

Flash floods swept across central Texas on Friday. More than 80 people have died, and many are missing, according to the Associated Press. Flooding struck as the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 to 26 feet within 90 minutes,

Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that killed more 80 people in Texas, including more than