The torrential rain that brought destruction to a children’s summer camp and other holiday spots in rural Texas came with devastating speed.

Water came crashing through the stone cabins of Camp Mystic in the early hours of Friday with little warning as the girls and staff slept.

The Guadalupe River had burst its banks after months of rain fell in just a few hours, a freak weather event described by officials as a “100-year catastrophe”.

At least 111 people are confirmed dead across the state, 27 of them from the Christian summer camp.

Water tore through the green-roofed cabins, leaving a trail of debris behind and taking lives as young as eight years old.

The kind of power behind this destruction is conveyed in this footage, captured over just 27 minutes, which shows how rapidly the water rose in one area.

 

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