Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited the all-girls retreat Camp Mystic late Saturday as the death toll from Friday's flash flooding of the Guadalupe River continued to rise through the weekend.

Generations of the same family have operated the summer camp since 1939. It counts family members of former president and governors as alumnae.

When too much rain falls for the ground to absorb, it runs downhill, pulled by gravity into streams, creeks and rivers.