Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered the hard-hit central Texas communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more than 100.

The National Weather Service began sending flash flood warnings that should have triggered cellphone alerts a little after 1 a.m., while local officials began posting on Facebook about four hours later.

At Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas, where officials are grieving the loss of 27 children and counselors, belongings of the young campers were strewn about the flooded floors of a dormitory, while other items, including a pink backpack and a Camp Mystic T-shirt, were found along the bloated Guadalupe River, photos show.

At Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp nestled in the Texas Hill Country, 27 people are confirmed dead, most of them rising third- and fourth-graders. Of the "Bubble Inn" cabin-13 girls and two counselors-10 girls and one counselor have been found dead.