KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Frantic residents in riverfront homes trapped by catastrophic flooding in Texas last summer and staffers at Camp Mystic pleaded for help in escaping the rushing waters that killed more than 100 people, according to recordings of 911 calls released Friday.

Emergency dispatchers in rural Kerr County fielded more than 400 calls during the six hours when floods began to overwhelm the region overnight on the July Fourth holiday.

“We’re floating and my husband is missing — hello? We’re in Kerr County” said one woman before she was abruptly cut off.

The flooding killed at least 136 people statewide, including 117 in Kerr County alone. Most of them were from Texas, but others came from Alabama, California and Florida, according to a list released by Kerr County officials

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