24 dead in Texas flash flooding; search continues for more than 20 missing from camp [View all]
Source: nbc
Updated July 4, 2025, 9:50 PM CDT
By Rob Wile and Phil Helsel
The death toll from devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country rose to 24 Friday night, officials said as a the search for more than 20 people missing from a girls summer camp continued through the night.
The water from the flooded Guadalupe River swept into Kerr County and other areas around 4 a.m. Friday after heavy rains overnight, authorities said. Bodies were reported to have been found in cars swept away from upstream.
Gov. Greg Abbott called it an “extraordinary catastrophe,” and said that search and rescue missions will continue through the night.
“They will continue in the darkness of night, they will be taking place when the sun rises in the morning. They will be non-stop,” Abbott said at a press conference Friday night.
The missing are from Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. There were 750 children at the camp, and helicopters ferried campers to safety Friday. Texas Game Wardens said that evening that they were able to reach the camp with vehicles.................
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