Two 8-year-old girls are the first from Austin to be publicly identified as victims of the raging flood waters that swept through Camp Mystic.

AUSTIN, Texas — Two girls from Austin are among those confirmed dead after devastating flash floods hit Camp Mystic in Kerr County on July 4. Linnie McCown, 8, was a student at Casis Elementary, according to her father, Michael McCown.

The flooding Saturday comes on the heels of catastrophic conditions Friday morning in Central Texas, primarily in the Kerrville area. More than 40 people have died in flood waters resulting from heavy rain in Kerr County, while search-and-rescue operations are ongoing. A group of more than 20 girls with Camp Mystic in Kerrville remain missing.