A minimum of 49 folks have been reported lifeless because of the catastrophic flash-flooding that occurred on Friday close to the town of Kerrville, Texas, after torrential rainfall overflowed the Guadalupe River to historic ranges.
NBC Information reported that the loss of life toll had risen to “49 folks throughout 4 counties,” with Kerr County reporting 43 deaths, consisting of 15 kids and 28 adults. Because of the flooding, the Guadalupe River rose roughly 26 toes inside lower than an hour.
Roughly 27 kids who had been attending a Christian camp, Camp Mystic, are nonetheless reported to be lacking within the aftermath of the devasting flooding, based on the Austin American-Statesman.
Whereas greater than two dozen persons are nonetheless reported to be lacking, “Greater than 850 rescues have taken place,” based on the outlet:
Search and rescue operations are ongoing as extra storms threaten the area, with as much as 10 extra inches of rain forecast Saturday. To date, greater than 850 rescues have taken place amid the Central Texas floods.
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) revealed on Saturday that he and his spouse, Camille, had been reunited with their daughters, who had been evacuated from Camp Mystic.
A number of Texas mother and father are nonetheless holding out hope that their kids will probably be discovered and rescued, with one father, Ty Badon, telling CNN that they had been praying that his daughter and her associates had been “nonetheless alive,” based on the Day by day Mail.
The final time Badon’s daughter and her associates had been heard from was round 4:00 a.m. on Fourth of July morning, with Badon including that “His daughter and her associates frantically hung up” to assist different folks in want.
‘We pray that every one 4 of them are nonetheless alive,’ he stated holding again tears. ‘All 4 are lacking. They’re nonetheless lacking.’
Badon, a resident of Beaumont, added that the final time his daughter and his associates had been heard from was round 4 a.m. Friday morning.
‘It’s been 4 o’clock yesterday morning that we had been informed that they had been on the cellphone with Aidan’s dad, who they personal the home the place they had been,’ he stated, including that the home ‘is not there.’
Breitbart Information’s Bob Worth and Randy Clark reported that video footage captured by Breitbart Texas on Saturday exhibits the devasting impression of the flood, with bushes being “flattened” and houses being “wiped off their foundations.” The video from Breitbart Texas additionally “exhibits a number of automobiles that had been marked by rescue crews to indicate they’ve been looked for victims or survivors.”:
One video shot by Breitbart Texas on Saturday within the aftermath of the Independence Day Flood exhibits the devastating impact of a wall of water that rose at the least 26 toes above the banks of the Guadalupe River in a matter of some hours. Timber had been flattened, houses wiped off their foundations, and automobiles had been tossed like smashed toys.
The video exhibits a number of automobiles that had been marked by rescue crews to indicate they’d been looked for victims or survivors. One scene exhibits destroyed houses because the water climbed the steep hill, solely to depart a barely greater residence unscathed.
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the director of Camp Mystic, was reported to have been amongst those that have died because of the devastating flooding, the Kerrville Day by day Instances reported.
Whereas talking to Fox Information, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) defined {that a} woman who had “floated on a mattress for 3 hours” earlier than being rescued had survived the flooding and that she was “protected and sound.”
“One of many little women from our college, fortunately, you recognize, reward the Lord, was discovered,” Roy stated. “She floated on a mattress for 3 hours yesterday morning, and we simply bought the textual content discover that she survived and we’ve situated her and that she’s protected and sound.”
In response to the catastrophic flash flooding in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) declared Sunday, July 6, 2025, to be a Day of Prayer.
“Declared this Sunday, July sixth, as a Day of Prayer in Texas in response to the floods within the Hill Nation,” Abbott wrote in a publish on X. “I invite Texans to affix me in prayer for the communities affected by this catastrophe.”
