Devastating floods that swept through Texas’ Hill Country this week have left at least 118 people dead and more than 160 missing, according to local authorities, with children’s summer camps among the hardest-hit sites. At Camp Mystic, a century-old all-girls camp in Hunt, 27 campers and counselors have been confirmed dead; five campers and one counselor are still unaccounted for. Nearby Camp La Junta also faced rising water, forcing counselors to improvise evacuations as buildings flooded. Counselors—many of them teenagers—shielded campers by hoisting them onto rafters, carrying them to higher ground and singing to keep them calm. Some died while guiding children to safety. “Thank goodness for the brave counselors,” said Houston mother Keli Rabon, whose two sons were rescued from Camp La Junta. Texas inspectors had signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before the disaster, requiring staff to assign evacuation duties and drill campers on procedures. The tragedy is prompting renewed scrutiny of the roughly 1.2 million counselors and staff who oversee an estimated 25 million U.S. campers each summer. Henry DeHart, interim president and chief executive of the American Camp Association, said the flood underscores the extensive risk-management, emergency and child-development training counselors receive. “What happened in Texas is a profound reminder of the immense responsibility camp counselors carry and how seriously they take that duty,” he said.