The search for those swept away by punishing flash floods in Central Texas over the holiday took on new urgency Sunday.

The grueling search for 27 missing girls stretched into a third day on Sunday. Survivors told terrifying stories of being swept away and clinging to trees as rampaging floodwaters carried trees and cars past them.

By JIM VERTUNO, JULIO CORTEZ and JOHN SEEWER KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The grueling, desperate search for 27 missing girls stretched into a third day on Sunday after raging floodwaters surged