According to AFP, “torrential rains” started the night before the holiday, causing “the river to rise to the height of a two-story building in less than hour, flooding parts of Kerr County.” As of July 9, at least 107 people are confirmed dead across six counties, NBC reports, including more than two dozen children and counselors from an all-girls Christian camp.

Dozens more remain missing, and the death toll is expected to rise as the search continues.

Among those who were missing was 21-year-old Joyce Badon and her three friends, Ella Cahill, Reese Manchaca and Aiden Heartfield, who were spending the July 4 weekend together at a country house along the river.

By the early hours of the morning, that house was gone.

Last contact

Joyce’s father, Ty Badon, told CNN that the family last heard from the group during a phone call with Aiden’s dad, who owns the