GA Student Dies In TX Floods While Visiting Friends

A Georgia student has been found dead after flash floods swept away hundreds of people in Texas' Hill Country, per media reports.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management said the storms started last Wednesday in the Concho Valley, Hill Country and central Texas regions.

Joyce Catherine Badon, 21, was reportedly one of the more than 110 fatalities caused by the flooding along the Guadalupe River. She was a senior architecture student at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Beaumont, Texas native, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Family members took to Facebook to state Badon was visiting Hunt, Texas to celebrate the Fourth of July with her friends when their cars were washed away by the flooding.

"They were staying in a home on a hill along the river. At 4am this morning, a flash flood came through and washed their cars away. It happened so quickly with so much water, they could not get in the attic. The owner’s son ... called his dad as it happened. Then, he & 2 others got washed away by debris. Joyce Catherine was the last person ... spoke to before the phone went dead," the family wrote Friday.

The family later wrote in an update posted Monday:

"God showed us the way we should go this morning! We found our lovely daughter who blessed us for 21 years! We pray to be able to find her three friends soon. Thanks to EVERYONE for the prayers and support. God is good!"

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Her father confirmed her death to NBC News.

Before her death, Badon sent her family a final text message reading, "We're being washed away," Louis Deppe, leader of a volunteer group, told the Agence France-Presse. Deppe said the phone went dead afterward, per the AFP report.

SCAD sent their condolences to Badon's family and friends, the AJC reported.

“A beloved daughter, friend and classmate, Joyce was passionate about using her artistry and talent to impact the world, and had recently helped redesign donation centers for Goodwill," SCAD wrote in a statement, per the AJC.

More than 500 people have been recovered, including hundreds by air evacuations, since Friday, according to the Texas Military Department in a social media post published Sunday.

In Kerr County, Texas, 59 adults and 36 children have been found dead as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Kerr County Sheriff's Office. Identification was pending on 14 adults and 13 children.

A counselor and five campers at Camp Mystic, a Christian-based girls camp in Hunt, Texas, remained missing, authorities said. They are part of the 161 missing people in the Kerr area, authorities said.

Camp Mystic representatives said 27 campers and counselors died in the tragic flooding.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered flags to fly half-staff in honor of those killed by the devastating flooding.

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