A father and two children have been swept away by flash floods in the US state of New Mexico, the National Weather Service says
A swift water rescue team is searching for the family, and other rescues are under way in the village of Ruidoso
No injuries or deaths were immediately reported, but the mayor said three people were unaccounted for
Video shows a house washed away in brown floodwaters, splintering as it hits trees, and the NWS says multiple homes have been "moved by water"
The emergency comes just days after deadly floods hit the neighbouring state of Texas
In Texas, more than 109 people are confirmed dead and at least 161 are still missing following flash floods last Friday
Watch: Moment house is swept away in New Mexico flash flooding
As we heard from officials earlier, the death toll in Kerr County has risen to 75, bringing the total number of victims from the flooding in the state to 89. Here's the latest count from across the affected areas:
As we've been reporting, search and rescue efforts have been continuing today after flash flooding wreaked havoc in central Texas on Friday.
These efforts have been ongoing nearby Camp Mystic, where 27 girls and staff were killed, according to a statement from the camp.
Image source, Getty ImagesA search and rescue team looks for people along the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas
Image source, Getty ImagesThe rescue operation includes searching along the river itself
Image source, Getty ImagesSenator Ted Cruz talks about the children lost at Camp Mystic
We've just finished hearing from Kerr County officials and Texas senator Ted Cruz. Here's what we heard during their media briefing a few moments ago:
Cruz adds that "nothing will fill the voids in these mums and dads’ hearts”, and stresses that now is the time "to reach out, support each other".
"Texas will come through", he adds, as he brings the news briefing to an end.
Rice says a lot of the areas that were hit have bad or no mobile (cell) phone service.
On the missing people, he says they know about those unaccounted for from the summer camps, but there are people outside of the camps who may be missing that they don't yet know about.
He also talks about scammers who he says have been reaching out to victims' families, and asking for money in exchange for their children, who they claim to have.
"It is absolutely heart-breaking", he says.
Kerrville city manager Dalton Rice says evacuations are a "delicate balance".
Evacuations done too late can risk putting vehicles into low water areas, which can then "make it even more challenging”, he says, before adding that flash floods can happen “very quickly”.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is now asked about the times the alerts were sent out and about Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) cuts - the effort led by X owner Elon Musk - to the National Weather Service.
The senator again mentions "partisan finger pointing", and says some people have said that cuts to the National Weather Service led to a lack of warnings.
"I think that's contradicted by the facts", he says.
"The National Weather Service here", he says, had "three additional people working that night."
The officials are now taking questions from reporters.
Asked about warning systems and whether there was a need for better warnings, Cruz answers "this is not a time for partisan finger pointing and attacks".
He adds that after the ongoing search and rescue operation is over there "will naturally be a period of retrospection".
Cruz says he has spoken to President Trump, who told him that anything Texas needs “the answer is yes".
The senator says search and rescue operations are the first stage and that rebuilding - which follows - will take longer.
On the grieving friends and neighbours who lost children, he says they will need a lot of support, prayers and "holding them while they weep".
Senator Cruz is now speaking of moments of heroism that helped save many young lives.
He recalls how he heard a story of a camp counsellor who held up mattresses with campers on top as rising waters reached the counsellor's neck.
Image source, ReutersWe’re now hearing from Texas senator Ted Cruz, who says: "Texas is grieving right now."
He speaks of the little girls lost at Camp Mystic, describing the situation as "every parent's nightmare".
Cruz says he has spoken to a number of parents over the last few days who have been asking him if he knows where their daughters are.
He says: "The pain and agony of not knowing your child's whereabouts, it's the worst thing imaginable."
It's now Kerrville mayor Joe Herring's turn to speak.
"This will be a rough week", he warns, but adds that authorities remain hopeful, and "every foot, every bend" will be searched.
Rice continues saying some 40 power lines are down, with infrastructure in the area also damaged.
He adds that although additional personnel have been brought in for repairs, they do not have an estimated time on when power will be restored.
Image source, ReutersMoving on to Kerrville city manager Dalton Rice now, who says "this is a massive field" and search and rescue operations continue.
Rice says they are facing a lot of challenges with terrain and water and warns that expected bad weather could further complicate things.
Leitha goes on to say that 75 bodies have been recovered in the county, including 48 adults and 27 children.
Of these, he says, 15 adult and nine children's bodies are still pending identification, and adds that ten campers and one counsellor from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for.
The news conference has started and Kerr County sheriff Larry Leitha is speaking.
He says search and rescue operations are ongoing, and they are using local, state and national assets, including hundreds of trained first responders.
You can follow along by pressing watch live at the top of this page.
Officials from Kerr County, Texas are due to hold a news conference shortly. We are expecting to hear from them at 11:00 EDT (16:00BST).
We will bring you the top lines from the briefing, which you will be able to watch live at the top of this page.
Image source, Getty ImagesHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says she is not aware of any breakdown in emergency warning systems in relation to the Texas floods.
Asked on Fox News's Fox & Friends today whether there was any specific breakdown in this case, Noem says: "Not that we found so far."
“The National Weather Service put out the alerts when they received them and, unfortunately, in many places in our country we have flash floods like this that do occur, and the notification was proactive and out there", she says.
“Would everybody like more time? Absolutely. So many situations when we see terrible events like this and these natural weather disasters, more notification is always extremely helpful.”
Noem adds that the National Weather Service under US President Donald Trump "has been working to put in new technology and a new system because it has been neglected for years".
“It’s an ancient system that needed to be upgraded and so President Trump recognised that right away and got to work on it when he came into office in January but that installation is not complete and that technology isn’t fully installed."
More than 80 people have been confirmed dead across central Texas following Friday's flash flooding.
The worst hit area is Kerr County, with 68 fatalities confirmed, including 28 children, the BBC's US partner, CBS News, reports.
The county is home to Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, which has said it is "grieving the loss of 27 campers and counsellors".
Elsewhere across central Texas, there have been six confirmed casualties in Travis County, which is home to state capital Austin, three casualties have been confirmed in Burnet, two in both Kendall and Williamson, and one Tom Green County, according to CBS.
As we often see in times of hardship and tragedy, people come together to help where they can.
In Texas, many volunteers are handing out food, clean water and donated clothes to those who need it.
Many have also volunteered - in trucks and on horseback - in the search for survivors and victims.
Image source, Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesA volunteer in Center Point, Kerr County
Image source, ReutersIn Kerrville, a family set up a tent in a parking lot to hand out water and food
Image source, Jim Vondruska/Getty ImagesClothes for those in need hang on pews at the Hunt Baptist Church
Image source, Jim Vondruska/Getty ImagesVolunteers sort out thousands of items of donated food, nappies, toilet paper and other essentials