VIDEOS: Flooded rivers sweep away roads and leave 52 dead, including 15 children, in flooding in Texas, USA.

The death toll from flooding in south-central Texas has risen to 52, authorities in several communities affected by the disaster reported Saturday, the first of which was Kerr County, east of San Antonio.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha Jr. said the number of recovered bodies has risen to 43, including 28 adults and 15 children, following the devastation wrought by the Guadalupe River's rapid rise on Friday.

Authorities in other nearby communities have also reported deaths: 3 in Burnet County, 1 in Kendall County, 1 in Tom Green County, and 4 in Travis County .

Kerr Sheriff Leitha Jr. explained that hundreds of emergency workers remain in the flooded areas and the efforts are still "search and rescue," so p He urged the population to send information about their missing loved ones with their last location.

We ask the population to report missing relatives.

Kerrville, Kerr County, city manager Dalton Rice said the flooding was the worst in the area since 1987. He predicted the death toll would rise and called city press conferences for Sunday morning and afternoon.

Rice reported that hundreds of people have been rescued from camps in the area, about 800 in total, and are being cared for in local shelters.

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However, he stated that the 27 people, both girls and counselors, who were staying at the Mystic Christian girls' camp, located on the banks of the Guadalupe River near the town of Hunt, remain missing.

Local authorities declined to provide an exact number of missing people due to the large number of people from outside the region visiting and camping in the area for the Fourth of July festivities.

The National Weather Service said more than 12 inches of rain accumulated in just 12 hours on Friday, raising the Guadalupe River near Hunt to its second-highest level on record, at 32 feet.

Rice told people who have come to authorities offering to help to go to their "local area" and try to collect "debris in buckets and garbage bags," but to be careful because "very dangerous conditions" remain.

He also planned for the city to receive water from wells over the coming weeks to avoid contamination caused by flood debris, such as gasoline and other chemicals.

The tragedy has sparked an outpouring of solidarity. Singer Shakira announced that she will donate part of the proceeds from her recent show in Texas to flood victims.

Authorities will continue to report on rescue efforts at press conferences scheduled for Sunday, while the state maintains alerts in several regions for possible further flooding.