Three people still missing from deadly Texas floods

The Advertiser

20-07-2025

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummelled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people previously reported missing were accounted for.
The reduction in the number of people on the missing list came as the search for victims entered its third week.
It's a significant drop from the more than 160 people officials previously said were unaccounted for in Kerr County alone.
Flash floods killed at least 135 people in Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with most deaths along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, about 100km northwest of San Antonio.
The floods laid waste to the Hill Country, which is naturally prone to flash flooding because its dry, dirt-packed soil cannot soak up heavy rain.
Vacation cabins, youth camps campgrounds fill the riverbanks and hills of Kerr County, and Camp Mystic, a century-old Christian summer camp for girls in a low-lying area along the Guadalupe.
At least 27 of its campers and counsellors died.
In Kerrville, about 160km west of Austin, local officials have come under scrutiny over whether residents were adequately warned about the rising water July 4.
"This remarkable progress reflects countless hours of co-ordinated search and rescue operations, careful investigative work, and an unwavering commitment to bringing clarity and hope to families during an unimaginably difficult time," Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice in a statement on Saturday night.
Officials in a Texas hill country community pummelled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people previously reported missing were accounted for.
The reduction in the number of people on the missing list came as the search for victims entered its third week.
It's a significant drop from the more than 160 people officials previously said were unaccounted for in Kerr County alone.
Flash floods killed at least 135 people in Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with most deaths along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, about 100km northwest of San Antonio.
The floods laid waste to the Hill Country, which is naturally prone to flash flooding because its dry, dirt-packed soil cannot soak up heavy rain.
Vacation cabins, youth camps campgrounds fill the riverbanks and hills of Kerr County, and Camp Mystic, a century-old Christian summer camp for girls in a low-lying area along the Guadalupe.
At least 27 of its campers and counsellors died.
In Kerrville, about 160km west of Austin, local officials have come under scrutiny over whether residents were adequately warned about the rising water July 4.
"This remarkable progress reflects countless hours of co-ordinated search and rescue operations, careful investigative work, and an unwavering commitment to bringing clarity and hope to families during an unimaginably difficult time," Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice in a statement on Saturday night.
Officials in a Texas hill country community pummelled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people previously reported missing were accounted for.
The reduction in the number of people on the missing list came as the search for victims entered its third week.
It's a significant drop from the more than 160 people officials previously said were unaccounted for in Kerr County alone.
Flash floods killed at least 135 people in Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with most deaths along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, about 100km northwest of San Antonio.
The floods laid waste to the Hill Country, which is naturally prone to flash flooding because its dry, dirt-packed soil cannot soak up heavy rain.
Vacation cabins, youth camps campgrounds fill the riverbanks and hills of Kerr County, and Camp Mystic, a century-old Christian summer camp for girls in a low-lying area along the Guadalupe.
At least 27 of its campers and counsellors died.
In Kerrville, about 160km west of Austin, local officials have come under scrutiny over whether residents were adequately warned about the rising water July 4.
"This remarkable progress reflects countless hours of co-ordinated search and rescue operations, careful investigative work, and an unwavering commitment to bringing clarity and hope to families during an unimaginably difficult time," Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice in a statement on Saturday night.
Officials in a Texas hill country community pummelled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people previously reported missing were accounted for.
The reduction in the number of people on the missing list came as the search for victims entered its third week.
It's a significant drop from the more than 160 people officials previously said were unaccounted for in Kerr County alone.
Flash floods killed at least 135 people in Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with most deaths along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, about 100km northwest of San Antonio.
The floods laid waste to the Hill Country, which is naturally prone to flash flooding because its dry, dirt-packed soil cannot soak up heavy rain.
Vacation cabins, youth camps campgrounds fill the riverbanks and hills of Kerr County, and Camp Mystic, a century-old Christian summer camp for girls in a low-lying area along the Guadalupe.
At least 27 of its campers and counsellors died.
In Kerrville, about 160km west of Austin, local officials have come under scrutiny over whether residents were adequately warned about the rising water July 4.
"This remarkable progress reflects countless hours of co-ordinated search and rescue operations, careful investigative work, and an unwavering commitment to bringing clarity and hope to families during an unimaginably difficult time," Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice in a statement on Saturday night.