Death toll from Texas floods rises to 82, dozens still missing

People look through belongings at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, on Sunday, in Hunt, Texas [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]

The death toll from the catastrophic floods that hit the state of Texas in the United States has risen to 82, as the search for the missing continues and officials face questions over a failure to evacuate people in hard-hit Kerr County.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that at least 41 people remain unaccounted for across the southern state, three days after the deluge, and that more could be missing.