Janie Hunt was the great-granddaughter of the late American oil baron William Herbet Hunt and a cousin of Clark Hunt, the current owner of the Kansas

The Hunt family is in mourning after devastating flooding struck central Texas over the July 4 holiday weekend. The death toll has exceeded 90 from massive rains in the Texas Hill Country that led to catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River — and the heartbreaking losses include 9-year-old Janie Hunt.

Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 90 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.

Rescuers were searching for more than two dozen girls missing from a summer camp in Texas after a catastrophic flash flood killed at least 43 people, 15 of them children. The Guadalupe River that runs through the Hill Country in central south Texas rose by 26ft (8 metres) in just 45 minutes in the early hours of Friday,

Texas Hill Country flood survivors share stories of heroism as officials search for missing persons, including campers from Camp Mystic and families at HTR Campground.