In one of the deadliest floods in Texas history, a mother's worst fears turned into grateful tears when she reunited with her two sons after they survived a harrowing experience at a camp near the Guadalupe River.

Parents are praising counselors for saving hundreds of lives as Texas floodwaters inundated Camp La Junta, which is located just miles away from Camp Mystic, where at least 27 campers and counselors died.