30 people are now missing along the Blanco River in Texas following severe flooding.
They include eleven people whose holiday home was washed away.
The heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 16 people in the state while across the border in Mexico, 13 people - including three children - have been killed in a tornado.
Will Conley is the county commissioner for Hays, which is between the Texan cities of San Antonio and Austin:
