Devastating time-lapse footage has revealed just how quickly the Texas flash floods consumed the area.

At the time of writing, at least 82 people have been confirmed to have died in catastrophic flash flooding across the state, with at least 41 people still missing, per Sky News.

This includes young girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic, a beloved Christian summer camp for girls along the Guadalupe River, which held approximately 750 campers.

At Camp Mystic alone, 27 people have died, the camp confirmed in a statement to NBC News.

“This tragedy has devastated us and our entire community. Our hearts are broken alongside the families that are enduring this tragedy, and we share their hope and prayers,” Camp Mystic said.

Camp director Dick Eastland died trying to save the campers “he so loved and cared for,” his grandson George shared on social media.

At the time of writing, 10 campers and one counsellor remain missing.

The flooding disaster struck in the early hours on Friday, with water bursting from the Guadalupe River’s banks around 4:00AM, sweeping through Kerr County and beyond, claiming the lives of at least 68 people there, including 28 children.

At least two people died in nearby Kendall County, with six deaths reported in Travis County and four deaths in Burnet County. Williamson and Tom Green counties each reported at least one fatality.

Shocking time-lapse footage has revealed just how quickly the floods took hold of the area.

Amid the devastation, US President Donald Trump signed a “major disaster declaration” for Kerr County to ensure rescuers receive critical resources, as Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged that rescue crews will work around the clock to locate those still unaccounted for.

“There are people who are missing who are not on the ‘known confirmed missing’ because we do not know who they are,” Governor Abbott said, urging families of people who may have been camping in Kerr County to contact local authorities to help identify who may still be missing.

As families wait for news, police are collecting DNA from relatives to help identify flood victims. Colonel Freeman Martin from the Texas Department of Public Safety shared that multiple “unidentified” victims, both adults and children, are currently at funeral homes.

“We will have rapid DNA in hours, not days, to get some closure and information back to those families,” Colonel Freeman Martin said, adding that the death toll is expected to rise in the coming days.

The tragedy is far from over, as Governor Abbott warned of additional heavy rainfall lasting into Tuesday that could produce “rapid flash flooding events” in already saturated areas.

The governor urged Texans to remain vigilant and to avoid unnecessary travel during the dangerous conditions, warning of the deadly risks of being swept away in floodwaters.

“Rising water on roads can occur very rapidly. You may think you can drive through it, only to find out when you’re in there that it is too late and you are getting swept away,” Abbott said.

“You don’t need to get from point A to point B if you are going to risk your life,” he added, telling people to “turn around, don’t drown.”

Our thoughts continue to go out to every person and family impacted by this tragedy.

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A dramatic video has captured the moment a two-story home was torn from its foundation and hurled into a river.

The house, located in Oxford, Connecticut, crumbled after hours of relentless rain and flooding weakened its foundation on Monday.

A storm, that has been dubbed "historic" and "deadly" by the New York Post, unleashed devastation in the area.

Randi Marcucio, an ER nurse and single mother, had lived in the house for just over two years. She purchased the property on Mother’s Day in 2022, drawn to the idyllic setting along Fivemile Brook, a spot she thought would be perfect for raising her young son.

However, that peaceful brook transformed into a deadly flood on Sunday as a powerful storm moved through the region.

The storm, which claimed at least two lives, brought with it such intense flooding that the street outside Marcucio's home became a river, eroding the hillside on which the house stood.

Harrowing footage shows furniture spilling out of the collapsing structure, moments before the roof slides down the embankment into what had once been a tranquil brook, now a raging torrent.

Marcucio and her three-year-old son were fortunate to escape the property before the catastrophic collapse.

“You just fall to the ground. There goes everything,” Marcucio said in an emotional interview with The New York Post.

“The river started to take the massive, tall, tall, tall deck pillars,” Marcucio recalled. “The deck started to go. The deck went. The oil tank detached from the house.

"Over hours, slowly but surely, everything just started to go. The basement started to go. The basement went. A lot of the basement went. And then the second story was just kind of hanging.”

By 9:00AM Monday, the house had completely collapsed.

Marcucio wasn’t there to witness the destruction, as she had spent the storm helping neighbors find shelter on the flooded hill.

Exhausted from her efforts to ensure the safety of neighborhood children, she spent the night at her parents’ home.

When she returned, only fragments of her house remained. Adding to the devastation, Marcucio revealed that she does not have flood insurance, leaving her without coverage for the damage.

Speaking about her son, Marcucio shared: "He’s incredible. He’s such a smart, happy kid, and he knows something’s wrong, but he’s happy to see mommy.

"He doesn’t even really know what’s happening. He just knows that people keep showing up for him."

Marcucio has been moved by the generosity of her community, as neighbors have donated items and funds through an online fundraiser.

"Oh, my God. It’s incredible. You want to die in one breath and then the next breath you’re like, ‘This is everything. This is life,’" she said.

"I didn’t lose my life. My son didn’t lose his life. We lost our stuff. Two women lost their lives. How can I even begin to complain about anything?"

At the time of writing, the fundraiser page has gained $127,000 from a target of $175,000.

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Water from a rooftop pool was filmed crashing 600 feet down a Manila skyscraper on Monday after a powerful earthquake struck the Philippines, killing at least 11 people.

The dramatic footage saw water from an 82-foot-long lap pool, as well as a children's pool, pour down the side of the Anchor Skysuites in the 6.1-magnitude earthquake.

Shared online by The Manila Bulletin and credited to Michael Rivo, the video shocked people online, with many turning to social media to share it.

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The Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported that the magnitude 6.1 tremor hit the main Philippines island of Luzon at 17:11 local time on Monday, leaving 11 people dead and 30 still feared trapped in the rubble. An airport was also seriously damaged and at least two buildings destroyed.

Less than 24 hours later on Tuesday, a second powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the Southeast Asia country further south, in the central Visayas region. It is not clear if there are any casualties. The BBC reports that the worst hit areas include Tacloban City, Leyte, and Catbalogan City in Samar.

After the initial earthquake, authorities claimed dozens of people could still be trapped underneath a collapsed building in the province of Pampanga, north-west of the capital Manila.

Governor Lilia Pineda told Reuters news agency that 20 people had been injured there, saying: "They can be heard crying in pain. It won't be easy to rescue them."

Pineda also spoke to ABS-CBN television, and claimed that three bodies had been pulled out of a shop, while a woman and her grandchild were found dead in the town of Lubao.

People caught in the quakes have taken to social media to post photos of the damage caused, including cracked walls and swinging light fixtures.

The Philippines is part of the 'Ring of Fire,' a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

The zone of major seismic activity has one of the world's most active fault lines, and is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, volcanic belts and plate movements.