The devastating floods that struck central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend have become one of the deadliest flood events in the U.S. in the past century, Newsweek previously reported. By Sunday evening, authorities had confirmed at least 82 fatalities.

Officials in Texas have confirmed that at least 28 children died when severe flash floods hit the US state early on Friday. Kerr County sheriff Larry Leitha told a press conference on Sunday that 68 people had died in the county,