Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.

As first responders continue to rescue people stranded by the torrential flooding that descended on central Texas Friday, dozens of people are facing a parent’s worst nightmare: Their children are missing.

What happened: State and local authorities said at least 81 people have died in flooding triggered by unrelenting rain Thursday night into Friday. What happened at Camp Mystic? Anguished parents await updates on the children still missing from a 99-year-old nondenominational Christian summer camp caught in the deluge.

ABC News' Linsey Davis is on the ground in Texas and discusses the recovery efforts at Camp Mystic with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the devastating impact the flooding has had on the community.

As the devastating effects of the Hill Country floods continue to impact Texas families, ABC13 is now confirming 16 fatalities from the Houston region.

Two 8-year-old Austin girls died in Kerr County flooding; community and school district support grieving families.

Texas officials confirmed that 25 girls at Camp Mystic in Kerr County went missing after the Guadalupe River rose more than 20 feet in less than two hours.

The Lost Stuffy Project founder Randi Jaffe told "Good Morning America" it's an immediate step that's making an "essential" difference for Camp Mystic campers who were directly affected by the flash floods,