At least 13 dead in Texas floods and more than 20 children missing from a girls summer camp

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At least 13 dead in Texas floods and more than 20 children missing from a girls summer camp
Months worth of heavy rain fell over just a few hours overnight in central Kerr County, Texas, causing deadly flash flooding of the Guadalupe River.
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and JIM VERTUNO
Updated 7:55 PM EDT, July 4, 2025


KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, leaving at least 13 people dead and many more unaccounted for Friday, including about 20 girls attending a summer camp, as search teams conducted boat and helicopter rescues in fast-moving floodwaters.

Desperate pleas peppered social media as loved ones sought any information about people caught in the flood zone. At least 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain poured down overnight in central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River.

Authorities stressed that the situation was still developing and that the death toll could change, with rescue operations ongoing for an unspecified number missing. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said six to 10 bodies had been found so far. Around the same time, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha reported that 13 people had died in the flooding.

“Some are adults, some are children,” Patrick said during a news conference. “Again, we don’t know where those bodies came from.”

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https://apnews.com/article/thunderstorms-texas-new-jersey-deaths-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1

[sprinkleeninow]

1. ...

🕯

[BOSSHOG]

2. Anybody know where Greg Abbot is?

Acting Governor Dan Patrick at press conference. Has FEMA mobilized to assist? Any word from the White House? Thoughts and Prayers?

[Easterncedar]

3. This hurts

We lost a 15-year-old in the local swimming quarry two days ago. It’s shocking and terrible and so very sad.

[DURHAM D]

4. Does anyone know if the girls camp was

a church camp?

[AStern]

5. According to this NY Times article - yes.

Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp for girls on the Guadalupe River where at least 20 children were missing in catastrophic flooding on Friday, is nearly a century old. Its facilities include a recreation hall that was constructed in the 1920s from local cypress trees.

In a brief email to parents on Friday morning, Camp Mystic said it had sustained “catastrophic level floods.” The camp has two sites along the river in Hunt, Texas.

Parents of campers who have not been accounted for have been notified, the email said. About 750 girls were at the camp this week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of Texas said at a news conference on Friday.

The camp said that it was assisting with search-and-rescue operations, but that it did not have power, water or Wi-Fi and was struggling to get more help because a nearby highway had washed away.

more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/camp-mystic-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE8.6saH.7jRt74O8xp4u&smid=url-share