Ginger Autry News Today

>> reporter: were hearing all kinds of numbers. arkansas governor beebe saying yesterday there was believed some 300 people in the area but some of the registration papers for the campers were washed away. theyre not sure if any locals had come to their cabins. so were still uncertain. were hearing that there are 16 confirmed deaths. little missouri river and cato river, both rose from some three feet, drew, to more than 23 feet in just a few hours early friday morning and officials now as you s...

Missing in western arkansas. ginger autry awoke to a phone call informed her her teenage son was among those unaccounted. he was camping with other relatives. >> i just want my baby. thats all i want. i want to see his little face. >> reporter: although officials say a flash flood warning was issued for the area at 2:00 a.m., most here were sleeping and were caught unaware. listen to one witness describe what it was like when the little missouri river began to swell filling the lower lying campg...

Campground area. at least 16 people are dead. theres uncertainty to how many people are missing, as campground records were washed away. heres catherine callaway with the latest. >> reporter: search efforts are well under way today along the little missouri and the caddo river. early friday morning catching many campers off-guard, many sleeping in fact. we know at least 16 people are dead. the search continues today. they have no idea just how many are still missing. families try to cope as offi...

Pardon me? -- desperate families cope as they search for the missing, at a campground in western arkansas. ginger autry awoke to a phone call informing her that her teenage son was among those unaccounted for. he had been camping with other relatives. >> i just want my baby. i just want to see his little face. >> reporter: though officials say a flash flood warning was issued at 2:00 a.m., most here were sleeping and were caught unaware. listen to one witness what it was like when the little mis...