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>> reporter: we're 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. they're not sure if any locals had come to their cabins. so we're still uncertain. we're 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 said still uncertain just how many people are still missing. their best to cope as officials sear...

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. that's 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 campground like a bowl. >> around here, the pavilion, this place over here, kitchen destroyed. the bar's...

Campground area. at least 16 people are dead. there's uncertainty to how many people are missing, as campground records were washed away. here's 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 officials search for the missing in western arkansas. ginger autry awoke to a phone call informing her...

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 missouri river began to swelling. >> around here, the pavilion, this place over here, the kitchen was d...