As recovery efforts continue around the Guadalupe River area of Texas, a chaplain from Southwest Alabama, who is no stranger to disasters, is doing his part to help.

Authorities in Texas say at least 82 people have died in devastating flooding in Texas. They include a 68-year-old camp director, an Alabama elementary student away for the summer and a grandparent who had been reported missing while on her way to work.

An 8-year-old from Alabama is among at least 27 people dead after floodwaters swept through a Christian girls camp July 4 in Texas. Mountain Brook Mayor Stewart Welch confirmed the death of Sarah Marsh, a student at Cherokee Bend Elementary.