“He got that alarm. He went out on to the property to assess. He called the rest of the family on the walkie talkies,” Carr told the San Antonio Express-News.

Cabins of some of the youngest girls staying in the camp just off the Guadalupe River were washed away in a matter of minutes.

The number of people reported missing in Kerr County, Texas, as a result of last week’s flash floods continues to soar. Authorities say search teams combing through the debris and destruction there are looking for more than 160 people who disappeared in the raging waters.