Jonathan McComb is part of a crucial network of volunteers searching for the missing after catastrophic flooding hit Central Texas.

The McComb family spent their last day together barbecuing with friends. That night, the Blanco River, which is just east of Kerr County, swelled 28 feet in 90 minutes. The McComb's vacation home was pulled from its foundation and floated down the river.

For many, Friday’s flood brought back memories of an eerily similar tragedy, when the Guadalupe River swelled in 1987, killing 10 North Texas teenagers. Those victims, along with more than 33 others who were injured, were trying to escape a Hill Country summer camp when a wall of water washed over them.

Texas flood survivor Julia Hatfield recalled her experience on the night of the floods and how she found out from an online post that a child she saw swept away in the waters had survived.

One volunteer in Texas knows exactly how the families who lost their loved ones feel — because he experienced the same thing.

He started yelling to his parents that it was time to go. “The river was to our back fence,” Cody said. The three of them rushed to get out. Amid the chaos, their dog ran off. With no time to search,

One of our young men started crying and told me he had my wife but he couldn’t hold on to her. She went a mile down the river. Nobody went that far and survived,” the Rev.

Texas flood victim Christian Fell credited God for his survival after he was forced to cling to a meter box for hours during the deadly flash flooding.