Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) on Sunday said his granddaughters were "safe" after attending a summer camp in Texas that flooded, but that their cousin had died.

"As you may have heard, my granddaughters were at the summer camp in Texas that flooded. They are safe, and I thank you for your well-wishes and prayers during this time," he said in a Sunday morning post on X. "Unfortunately, not everyone was as lucky. My granddaughters lost their cousin, Janie, and many other families are grieving loved ones."

The death toll from flash floods that rampaged through Central Texas rose to nearly 70 on Sunday after searchers found more bodies in the hardest-hit Kerr County,

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