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The danger was not over as torrential rains continued pounding communities outside San Antonio on Sunday (AEST) and flash flood warnings and watches remained in effect.
Onlookers survey damage along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area. Source: AAP / Eric Gay/AP
Searchers used helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims and to rescue stranded people in trees and from camps isolated by washed-out roads.
“A helicopter landed and started taking people away. It was really scary.”
The Camp Mystic Christian summer campsite was completely destroyed. Source: AP / Julio Cortez
A raging storm fuelled by incredible amounts of moisture woke up her cabin just after midnight Friday, and when rescuers arrived, they tied a rope for the girls to hold as they walked across a bridge with water whipping around their legs, she said.
