Life threatening flash floods are forecast to remain a threat as storms continued across central Texas throughout Monday evening.
It’s the latest in a series of extreme weather events that have killed at least 104 people in the region since late last week.
Dozens more people remain missing. Hundreds of local and state responders, dive teams, helicopters, drones, and volunteers on horseback are combing the area.
A Christian summer camp said Monday that 27 girls and staff members had been killed in the disaster along the Guadalupe River.
“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy,” Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp, said in a statement on its website.
The disaster dates back to the early hours of July 4, when heavy rainfall in western Kerr County caused the Guadalupe River to swell almost 24 feet in under an hour.
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Key Points
- More than 100 dead from Texas floods, including at least 28 children
- Camp Mystic confirms at least 27 girls and staff dead
- 'Hardest hit areas' to expect further flash floods today, NWS says
- Donald Trump will 'probably' visit Texas later this week
- Series of obstacles may have stopped Texas weather warnings from reaching population
WATCH: San Antonio holds candlelight vigil for victims of deadly Texas floods
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Josh Marcus
'She did all she could to save the lives of the girls in her cabin'
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Josh Marcus
A group of 11 are still missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp hit hard by the central Texas floods last week.
That includes Katherine Ferruzzo, 19, a counselor at the camp and an incoming student at the University of Texas.
“Katherine has a fierce and loving spirit, and we have no doubt she did all she could to save the lives of the girls in her cabin,” her family told The New York Times.
Mayor in hard-hit city of Kerrville never got direct warning about floods
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Josh Marcus
Scrutiny is mounting over whether officials did enough to alert the public before deadly floods hit central Texas last week.
Joe Herring, Jr., the mayor of hard-hit Kerrville, told CNN he never got a flood notification or an individual warning from government forecasters before the disaster struck.
The first time he learned the extent of the threat was early Friday morning, when the city’s emergency manager called him to say a park had been flooded, Herring told CNN.
"It all happened upriver at the worst possible place. And I think everyone in Kerrville, everyone in Kerr County, wishes to God we had some way to warn them. To warn those people. I've lost two friends. We loved them and they're gone," he said. "You know they're gone. Everyone here, if we could've warned them, we would have done so. And we didn't even have a warning. We did not know."
Photos: Texas state troopers assist in recovery effort
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Josh Marcus
The Texas Department of Public Safety was one of numerous agencies who sent personnel to central Texas to assist with recovery efforts after devastating floods late last week killed over 100 people.
DPS’ Special Operations Group continues to work alongside local and state partners with ongoing rescue and recovery efforts in the Texas Hill Country, including searching through debris and storm damaged areas. Our teams will be in Kerr County to assist as long as we are needed.… pic.twitter.com/qWeBrSjzNg
— Texas DPS (@TxDPS) July 7, 2025
Netanyahu offers prayers for Texas ahead of Trump meeting in Washington
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:40
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Josh Marcus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among the world leaders who have offered prayers and condolences after the devastating floods in central Texas.
“My wife Sara and I and all of Israel are praying for the Great State of Texas,” the US ally wrote on X. “Israel knows disaster—we’ve lived through war, fire, and flood. Dear friends, we stand with you!”
Netanyahu is slated to dine with President Trump in Washington on Monday.
Bel Trew had this preview of what’s at stake in the meeting.
Rescue teams from Florida, Pennsylvania, Mexico to assist in Texas flood recovery
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:20
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Josh Marcus
Rescue teams from far and wide are assisting Texas in the aftermath of deadly flooding late last week.
Crews from Florida, Pennsylvania, and even Mexico have been sent to join in the response effort.
Members of @PATaskForce1 have been activated to lead a multi-state support team for search, rescue, and vital response to the devastating flooding in Texas.
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) July 7, 2025
These brave Pennsylvanians will be departing in the next 24 hours to support Texans in the aftermath of this horrific…
Florida will support Texas following the catastrophic flooding in Kerrville and the surrounding areas. At my direction, @FLSERT is deploying three swiftwater rescue teams through an EMAC to assist with response and recovery. We’re standing by to lend more help as requested.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) July 6, 2025
Series of obstacles may have stopped Texas weather warnings from reaching population
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:00
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Josh Marcus
As first responders work to rescue the living and recover the dead from last week’s flooding in central Texas, officials and experts are scrutinizing whether more could’ve been done to warn the public about the Friday floods, potentially averting some of the more than 100 deaths that followed.
A review from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth found that National Weather Service alerts went out about the coming floods in Kerr County on Thursday, about 12 hours before the floods actually hit.
“The National Weather Service office did everything they should do from everything I can tell,” Jeff Masters, a former hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, told USA Today.
Nonetheless, the county lacks weather sirens, and making matters worse, a lack of cell phone coverage and weather radios in the area may have further prevented such warnings from reaching residents.
What’s more, numerous summer camps are in the area, some of which don’t allow children to carry cell phones.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said on Monday that flood-warning sirens could’ve saved lives in communities near the swollen Guadalupe River, and promised the state will “step up” and help pay for such infrastructure to be in place by next summer.
PHOTOS: Rescues and repairs continue after Texas floods
Monday 7 July 2025 23:40
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Josh Marcus
More than 100 dead from Texas floods, including at least 28 children
Monday 7 July 2025 23:15
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Josh Marcus
The estimated death toll from last week’s flooding in central Texas was revised upwards again on Monday evening.
At least 104 died in the disaster, the Associated Press reports, citing new data from Kerr County officials.
The county is home to at least 84 of the total fatalities, including 28 children who died in the floods.
WATCH: White House declares Texas floods to be major disaster
Monday 7 July 2025 23:00
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Josh Marcus
The Trump administration has declared the Texas floods a major disaster, freeing up additional resources for local first responders.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the declaration during a press briefing on Monday.
Watch her comments below:
How to help victims of the Texas floods
Monday 7 July 2025 22:46
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Josh Marcus
Residents of Kerr County, Texas, and other areas around the Guadalupe River, are picking up the pieces following deadly flooding that has killed at least 95 people since last week.
Search and rescue operations were still underway on Monday as authorities scoured the area for dozens of others who remain missing amid the resulting debris and floodwaters. Authorities would not give an official tally of those still unaccounted for, saying operations were ongoing and that they have received a number of fake reports.
At a press conference, city and county managers said donations have been pouring in from around the world to the Community Foundation. Anyone who wants to volunteer should contact the Kerrville Salvation Army and register.
“We need focused and coordinated volunteers. Not random people just showing up and doing what they do,” Mayor Joe Herring told reporters. “We need to work together.”
So, how can you aid flood victims? Here are some ways to help...
Julia Musto reports.
Texas commissioners considered siren system that could have saved lives in floods
Monday 7 July 2025 22:17
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Josh Marcus
Officials in Kerr County, Texas, had long been concerned about kids’ summer camps along the banks of the Guadalupe River, an area known as “flash flood alley.”
The camps in the idyllic Texas Hill Country, where children from the surrounding big cities of San Antonio, Austin and Fredericksburg came to fish, horseback ride, and snorkel, relied on a word-of-mouth system from camps further up river when it came to flooding, according to The New York Times.
But in 2015, a flood in Wimberley, 75 miles east of Kerrville, killed 13 people and hundreds of homes were destroyed and damaged when the Blanco River crested to nearly 30 feet in a matter of hours.
It brought the dangers of flash flooding front of mind for officials in Kerr County who debated at local meetings whether to bolster their flood emergency system with weather sirens now used by other cities.
Julia Musto has the story.
What areas have been hit with the worst floods in Texas?
Monday 7 July 2025 22:00
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Josh Marcus
Maps show the extent of the devastating flash flooding in central Texas, which has left 95 people dead and over 40 more missing.
The Guadalupe River surged to nearly 35 feet in Comfort, Texas, on Friday, rising by 20 feet in roughly 95 minutes.
Maps revealed that nearby Kerr County was disproportionately impacted, with authorities announcing in a Monday press conference that 75 people had been killed, including 48 adults and 27 children.
More details in our full map analysis from Julia Musto and Alicja Hagopian.
Threat from flash flooding and 'very intense' rainfall remains: NWS
Monday 7 July 2025 21:40
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Josh Marcus
Forecasters are warning that parts of central Texas remain at risk of flash flooding and heavy rans throughout Monday.
A flood watch warning from the National Weather Service is in effect for parts of central Texas, and rains of up to 10 inches in isolated areas could fall.
“Rainfall rates will be very intense in the heaviest showers and storms,” the forecaster wrote in a statement on Monday. “Any additional heavy rainfall over hardest hit areas of the past few days will lead to rapid runoff and flash flooding.”
Death toll in Texas floods hits 95 with new Burnet County data
Monday 7 July 2025 21:18
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Josh Marcus
The death toll from the Texas floods is now 95, as rescuers continue to search the central part of the state for survivors.
The toll climbed to 95 on Monday afternoon with the announcement of a fourth death in Burnett County, CNN reports.
High school soccer coach and wife among dead in Texas floods
Monday 7 July 2025 21:00
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Josh Marcus
A longtime Kerr County high school soccer coach and his wife are among the dead from last week’s floods in central Texas.
The bodies of Reece Zunker, coach of the Tivy High School soccer team, and his wife Paula were found after Friday morning floods.
“What started out as a prayer vigil turned into a time of comforting one another and giving witness to two lives of wonderful people whose lives were taken for this tragedy,” Ricky Pruit, minister at Kerrville’s Church of Christ, wrote on Facebook. “Coach Zunker and his wife Paula’s (lives) ended tragically in the flood over the past two days and were discovered today.”
The couple were reportedly camping alongside a river in Hunt and were swept away in flood waters.
Death toll in Texas floods rises to 94
Monday 7 July 2025 20:40
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Josh Marcus
At least 94 people have died as a result of last week’s devastating flash floods in central Texas, according to the latest figures.
The revised total comes after Kendall County reported on Monday an additional four deaths, adding to two previously announced deaths in the county from the disaster.
For more information on the floods, Mike Bedigan has the details.
Texas DPS still working to recover missing persons
Monday 7 July 2025 20:16
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Mike Bedigan
Workers from the Texas Department of Public Safety continue to work on rescue operations, as state Governor Gregg Abbott vowed: “We will not stop until every missing person is found.”
Texas first responders are working tirelessly in communities impacted by flooding.
— Governor Abbott Press Office (@GovAbbottPress) July 7, 2025
Search & rescue operations and recovery efforts remain ongoing.
Texans should remain weather aware as heavy rain threats continue. pic.twitter.com/aIrz363GgA
DPS troopers continue recovery and rescue operations in Kerr County.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 7, 2025
They have been working day and night.
We will not stop until every missing person is found. https://t.co/yiurjV9KhI
‘Hero’ Coast Guard swimmer credited with saving 165 people from Camp Mystic floods
Monday 7 July 2025 19:59
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Mike Bedigan
A US Coast Guard rescuer has been hailed as an “American hero” by the Trump administration after he saved 165 people from extreme floods in Texas.
Scott Ruskan, 26, a helicopter rescue swimmer from New Jersey, was praised for his life-saving efforts after he was deployed on his first mission to evacuate children from Camp Mystic in Texas.
Madeline Sherratt has the full story:
Leavitt: Blaming Trump for floods is a 'depraved lie'
Monday 7 July 2025 19:34
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Mike Bedigan
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has said Donald Trump will be visiting the areas devastated by flooding in Texas “later this week” while hitting out at media for its “depraved lies.”
She called what happened a “once in a generation national disaster” and urged “everyone in the area to remain vigilant, listen to all warnings and respond accordingly.”
Leavitt said the visit would likely come Friday, but that no final decision had been made.
She also bristled at suggestions that deep Trump administration cuts to federal services may have affected authorities’ response to the flooding.
She blamed Democrats and said that faulting “President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie” and insisted that the National Weather Service “did its job” in spreading warnings about possible catastrophic funding.
Mapped: Here is where flash flooding has hit Texas
Monday 7 July 2025 19:15
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Mike Bedigan
Kerrville mayor says he lost two friends in the flooding
Monday 7 July 2025 19:06
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Mike Bedigan
Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring says he has lost two friends in the devastating flooding in central Texas.
In an emotional account of the events, Herring told CNN: “It all happened upriver at the worst possible place. And I think everyone in Kerrville, everyone in Kerr County wishes to God we had some way to warn them.
“To warn those people. I’ve lost two friends. We loved them and they’re gone. You know they’re gone. Everyone here, if we could’ve warned them we would have done so.
“And we didn’t even have a warning. We did not know.”
He added that he had not personally received a warning about the floods, saying: “When I checked at about 8’o clock that night, there’s a chance of rain. I did not see a flood warning. Did not receive a flood notification. I did not know,” he said.
“I individually did not receive a warning in time. When I woke up, I got a call from the city manager.”
Trump plans to visit Texas later in the week after devastating floods have killed at least 82
Monday 7 July 2025 18:54
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Mike Bedigan
Donald Trump said he plans to visit the Texas region where flash floods have claimed at least 82 lives, including dozens of children from a local summer camp, with a potential trip to the area coming as soon as Friday.
Full report from Andrew Feinberg here:
Victim families reportedly being scammed and harassed online in wake of disaster
Monday 7 July 2025 18:45
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Mike Bedigan
Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said in a news conference Monday that families of victims are being harassed online and even targeted by scammers.
“This is a worldwide discussion and we’re dealing with scammers. Victims families are being reached out to saying that ‘they have their kids pay me money.’ It’s heartbreaking. It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” Rice said.
Authorities do not yet have an official number of those missing and as authorities work to find victims, they are having to deal with fake calls to the five hotlines in place, the city manager said.
He added that official numbers of victims were not “solid” but that “we do know that it is a lot. Because we also are getting a lot of fake calls,” he said.
“We’re dealing with mental health issues with people are calling saying they have visions. You know, all of these things we’re dealing with on a day-to-day basis and we’re having to vet this information and it becomes very taxing on our people.”
Ex-forecasters at National Weather Service defend Texas meteorologists and say warnings were as timely as they should have been
Monday 7 July 2025 18:33
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Mike Bedigan
Former National Weather Service officials and meteorologists are defending Texas forecasters in the wake of sudden flooding that resulted in the deaths of at least 82 people, including 27 girls and counsellors Christian girls’ camp in Kerrville.
Response to the extreme event has been met with major scrutiny after some state and local officials accused the NWS of not providing accurate forecasts.
Julia Musto has more:
Kerrville mayor says locals should prepare for a 'rough week'
Monday 7 July 2025 18:17
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Mike Bedigan
Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring has said that locals should buckle down for a “rough week.”
“I need to tell my community, and those who are waiting: this will be a rough week,” he said, speaking at a press conference on Monday.
“Primary search continues, and we remain hopeful that every foot, every mile every bend of the river.”
Cruz: 'Now is not the time for political fights'
Monday 7 July 2025 18:01
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Mike Bedigan
Senator Ted Cruz has said that now is not the time to have “political fights,” as the death toll from the Texas floods continues to rise.
It comes as critics have slammed the Trump administration for proposed cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Cuts to the National Weather Service has also been victim of funding cuts.
“My call for everyone: there's a time to have political fights. There's a time to disagree. This is not that time. This is a time just to to reach out support each other,” Cruz told reporters on Monday.
“Go, go volunteer at the Salvation Army. Give them money. Go volunteer at your church… Just go hug your kids, because I got to tell you, I hug my girls with tears in my eyes.”
Cruz says death toll from floods set to rise further
Monday 7 July 2025 17:47
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Mike Bedigan
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that the death toll from the floods is set to rise.
“As of yesterday, the confirmed death toll was 82,” Cruz said. “And those numbers are continuing to go up.”
The Republican said that his own children had gone to Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp where at least 27 children and counselors have been killed, for the past decade.
Cruz added Monday that there are still 10 girls and one counselor from the camp who are still unaccounted for.
Updated numbers: Death toll in Kerr Count rises
Monday 7 July 2025 17:35
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Mike Bedigan
At least 75 deceased bodies have been recovered in Kerr County, officials said in a Monday morning press conference.
They include 48 adults and 27 children.
Fifteen adults and nine children are still yet to be identified.
On Sunday, Kerr County officials said that they had found the bodies of 68 people.
Cruz spoke with Trump on the phone hours after floods began
Monday 7 July 2025 17:23
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Mike Bedigan
Ted Cruz said that he spoke to President Donald Trump on the phone as flood waters began to rage through central Texas on Friday.
“He was having dinner at the time, it was still early in what was transpiring, and I wanted him to know. I said, ‘Mr. President, everything we're hearing right now appears to be bad, really bad. There may be a very significant loss of life unfolding right now in Texas,” Cruz said.
“I will tell you, the president said, ‘Ted, anything Texas needs, the answer is yes. Whatever assets you need, whatever resources you need, yes, let us know, and we will provide everything within hours.’”
Watch: Ted Cruz denies National Weather Service cuts contributed to loss of life in Texas floods
Monday 7 July 2025 17:13
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Mike Bedigan
Ted Cruz mourns campers killed by floods: 'They go to school with my girls'
Monday 7 July 2025 15:36
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James Liddell
Texas Senator Ted Cruz mourned over the children and staff who were swept away in the flood waters at Camp Mystic last week.
“The girls that were killed, those were friends, they were neighbors. They go to school with my girls,” the Republican told Fox News this morning. “The entire state is grieving at a level that I… that is difficult to describe.”
“The outpouring of love across Texas, across the country, across the world,” Cruz continued. “I’ve had colleague after colleague of mine call from just about every state, Democrats and Republicans, say that, ‘Ted, look, we’re grieving for Texas, we’re with you.’”
Kerr County rescue efforts continue in 'full force'
Monday 7 July 2025 15:17
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James Liddell
With hope fading, the Texas Department of Public Safety says search and rescue efforts are back in “full force” as crews comb through wreckage and debris.
Rescue and recovery efforts continue in full force in Kerr County. DPS along with partners from several agencies including @TPWDnews are combing through debris and damage as the mission is ongoing. #protectandserve pic.twitter.com/vOJQwUfnjd
— Texas DPS (@TxDPS) July 7, 2025
Thunder storms to produce 'life-threatening' flash floods in Burnet County
Monday 7 July 2025 14:57
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James Liddell
In another bulletin this morning, the National Weather Service has warned that thunderstorms could bring “life threatening flash flooding” in Northwestern Burnet County.
Doppler radar indicates that up to three inches of rain had already fallen in some parts of the region.
Urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, creeks and streams could be see rapidly rising water levels.
Flash flooding already begun near Lampasas and Coryell counties
Monday 7 July 2025 14:37
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James Liddell
Flash flooding has already begun or is “expected to begin shortly” in or around Lampasas County and Coryell County, the National Weather Service says.
Doppler radar indicated that thunderstorms could produce as much as three inches of rainfall per hour in the region, the agency added.
Lampasas, Topsey, Rumley, Pidcoke and King “will experience flash flooding,” it added.
In full: Texas camp speaks out after 27 campers and counselors die in flooding
Monday 7 July 2025 14:17
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James Liddell
A Texas camp hit hard by catastrophic flooding has spoken out about the “unimaginable tragedy” of losing 27 of its campers.
“Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe river,” an online statement read.
“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly.”
Mike Bedigan has more:
Watch live: Scene in Kerrville after Texas hit by deadly floods
Monday 7 July 2025 13:45
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James Liddell
Everything we know about Texas flooding victims
Monday 7 July 2025 13:26
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James Liddell
Devastating floods that swept Central Texas over the weekend have killed at least 82 people.
Unexpected torrential downpours struck the region on Friday evening, causing the Guadalupe River to rise rapidly and flood the surrounding area.
Flash floods destroyed homes, swept away vehicles and devastated Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp situated on the banks of the river.
The identities of many of the victims are still being determined before being released to the public. Here’s what we know about some of those who have died:
