Crews search for dozens missing after Texas floods
- - - Crews search for dozens missing after Texas floods
Jane RossJuly 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
By Jane Ross
KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Search teams persisted in sifting through debris in Texas Hill Country on Wednesday as hopes of finding more survivors dimmed five days after flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 110 people, including many children.
As of Tuesday evening, there were more than 170 people still unaccounted for, according to figures provided by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Searchers have not found anyone alive since Friday.
Most of the fatalities and missing people were in Kerr County, where the county seat, Kerrville, was devastated when torrential rains lashed the area early on Friday, July 4, causing the Guadalupe River to rise to nearly 30 feet in a matter of hours.
The death toll in Kerr was at 95 as of Wednesday morning, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told reporters at a briefing, including three dozen children.
That figure includes at least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' summer retreat on the banks of the Guadalupe.
Authorities have warned that the death toll will likely keep rising as floodwaters recede and search teams uncover more victims.
Public officials have faced days of questions about whether they could have alerted people in flood-prone areas sooner.
(Reporting by Jane Ross in Kerrville and Joseph Ax in New York; Editing by Frank McGurty)
Source: AOL General News
