Teenage camp counsellor details heartbreaking account of what she saw after devastating floods which killed at least 27

A counsellor from Camp Mystic has opened up about the moment that a handful of young flood survivors were reunited with their parents, after 27 members of their community were killed.

The banks of the Guadalupe River, in central Texas, rose 26 feet (eight metres) in just 45 minutes in the early hours of Friday (4 July), impacting a number of surrounding areas to a deadly degree, including the Christian all-girls summer camp.

Local authorities have since confirmed that over 100 people were killed as a result of the devastating floods, with Camp Mystic later disclosing that 27 of these people were campers and counsellors.

Attendees had awoken to the deep water whilst in their pyjamas, with Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick later telling press that Richard 'Dick' Eastland, 70, a father-of-four and the camp's owner, had died whilst heroically saving the lives of some of the campers.

He'd smashed a window, allowing the girls to swim through neck-high water to safety.

Over 80 people in total have died in the flood (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Later confirming the extent of the educational facility's loss, summer camp bosses wrote on their website: "Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly."

It continued: "We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls. We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from community, first responders, and officials at every level.

"We ask for your continued prayers, respect and privacy for each of our families affected. May the Lord continue to wrap His presence around all of us."

One of Camp Mystic's counsellors, 19-year-old Holly Kate Hurley, later told Fox News of her harrowing experience watching girls who'd managed to escape the floods being reunited with their mothers and fathers, after being feared dead.

"Seeing little girls run to their parents and just hug them and cry, and also just seeing some parents who were looking for their little girls and they weren’t there..." she began.

"But, that’s just a sight I don’t think I’ll ever forget."

10 members of Camp Mystic are still missing (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurley added that, whilst she's grateful for Army soldiers for having helped the girls evacuate the area, she'll never forget seeing the camp's waterfront cabins with campers still inside being swept away.

"I was with my campers in the middle of the night, it was about 1.30 in the morning," she continued.

"And rain just kind of started coming through our windows. I woke my girls up, told them to close the windows and then the power just went out, all the fans turned off, running water didn’t work.

"In the morning, they gathered all the counsellors that were at Cyprus Lake and they told us that two of the cabins with the seven-year-old girls were wiped away and all these girls were missing.

"And we went back to our cabins and tried to keep up good spirits with these young girls. I think I was just in shock."

As of 8 am UK time on 8 July, 10 campers and one counsellor remain missing, as authorities race against the clock to find them.