Search teams were conducting boat rescues as fast-moving water threatened riverfront communities and children’s summer camps west of Austin.

Michael Moad/via REUTERS (Reuters) -Several people were missing and an unconfirmed number of people had died after torrential rains caused flash floods in central Texas on Friday, according to local authorities.

Multiple deaths have been reported in Texas after heavy rain caused flash flooding of a river, while search teams used boats to conduct rescues Friday as fast-moving water threatened riverfront communities near wildlife habitats and campgrounds.

Oklahoma pediatrician Dr. Neha Gupta is accused of smothering her 4-year-old daughter to death during a Florida trip and staging it as a drowning.

An Oklahoma pediatrician was accused of murder after authorities said she staged her daughter’s accidental death at a vacation rental in suburban Miami, court records obtained Thursday show

Dr. Neha Gupta, a pediatrician from Oklahoma, was arrested on Monday and faces a first-degree murder charge. She is accused of smothering her daughter, Aria Talathi, to death and attempting to cover it up as a drowning, the sheriff's office said in a press release on Wednesday.