Texas flash flood death toll surpasses 100 as 5 million in central Texas remain under flood watch

Officials further informed that bodies of 84 people were found, including 28 children and 56 adults in the county home to Camp Mystic and several other summer camps.

By: Express Web Desk

July 8, 2025 09:10 AM IST

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Firefighters from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, transport a recovered body on the flooded Guadalupe River days after a flash flood swept through the area, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo)

The death toll from the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth weekend in central Texas has surpassed 100 on Monday as search and rescue teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircrafts to look for survivors as hopes dimmed of finding the dozens still missing from a disaster that has devastated the Texas Hill Country.

Three days after a torrential downpour which started at midnight and transformed the Guadalupe River into a raging, killer torrent, officials of Camp Mystic, a century old Christian girls’ summer camp confirmed that flash floods killed 27 campers and counselors. Officials from Kerr County said that at least 10 campers and one counselor still remain missing.

A man surveys debris along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood struck the area. (AP Photo)

Texas authorities, overseeing the search for flood victims, avoided the questions about weather warnings and said they will wait to address the issues as to why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the flooding that killed at least 104.

Officials further informed that bodies of 84 people were found, including 28 children and 56 adults in the county home to Camp Mystic and several other summer camps. Central Texas still remains at the edge as additional rains have been predicted and more flooding could ravage parts of the US state. Authorities have warned that the death toll could rise.

On Sunday, state and local authorities said 12 other flood related deaths have been reported across five neighboring south-central Texas counties and 41 other people have been reported to be missing outside Kerr County. Hope to find some of the survivors alive are diminishing as time passed while authorities continued to search.

“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy,” Camp Mystic said in a statement. According to an NBC News report, five million people in central Texas still remain covered by flood watches, including residents of San Angelo, Killeen, Kerrville, San Antonio and Austin.

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