‘Hero’ dad, twin girls and riverside campers among Texas flood victims– www.bbc.com

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Young attendees and staff at summer camps are among the victims of flash floods in Texas – along with teachers, a football coach, and a “hero” father who smashed open a window to free his family amid rising water.

Authorities say at least 107 people are known to have died – most of them in Kerr County. At least 27 girls and staff died at one location, Camp Mystic, alone.

Many of the victims have been identified in the US media by their relatives. Here is what we know so far about those who have been named – many of whom were children.

Camp Mystic is a nearly century-old Christian summer camp for girls on the banks of the Guadalupe River near the community of Hunt.

Operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s, the camp’s website bills itself as a place for girls to grow “spiritually” in a “wholesome” Christian atmosphere “to develop outstanding personal qualities and self-esteem”.

Renee Smajstrla, 8, was at the camp when floodwaters swept through, her uncle said in a Facebook post.

“Renee has been found and while not the outcome we prayed for, the social media outreach likely assisted the first responders in helping to identify her so quickly,” wrote Shawn Salta.

“We are thankful she was with her friends and having the time of her life, as evidenced by this picture from yesterday,” he wrote. “She will forever be living her best life at Camp Mystic.”