UAE expresses solidarity with US after Texas flash floods kill over 60, including children
The UAE has expressed solidarity with the United States following the devastating floods in Texas, which have claimed at least 69 lives, including 21 children. The UAE offered condolences to the victims' families and support for those affected by the "heartbreaking destruction." Search efforts continue for 41 missing individuals, including 11 girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic.
AP Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez) As devastating floods batter Texas, leaving dozens dead, others missing, and causing extensive damage, the United Arab Emirates expressed its solidarity with the United States for the victims. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, offered condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and the government and American people.Speaking about the Texas floods, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba said, "Our thoughts are with those in Texas impacted by the devastating floods," as quoted by The Khaleej Times.
Earlier, the UAE embassy in Washington also extended its support to "those responding to the heartbreaking destruction" and expressed condolences for the "tragic loss of life." The UAE embassy offered "deepest condolences for the tragic loss of life" in the Texas flash floods. The embassy also offered its support to "those responding to the heartbreaking destruction."Meanwhile, the death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 69 on Sunday, June 6, 2025, including at least 21 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day, news agency Reuters reported.While speaking at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the death toll in Kerr County, the epicenter of the flooding, had reached 59, while another 10 had died elsewhere in Texas and 41 remained missing.
Among the most devastating impacts of the flooding occurred at Camp Mystic summer camp, a nearly century-old Christian girls' camp, where 11 girls and a counselor are still missing. "It was nothing short of horrific to see what those young children went through," Reuters quoted Abbott, who said he toured the area on Saturday and pledged to continue efforts to locate the missing, as he said.The flooding occurred after the nearby Guadalupe River broke its banks after torrential rain fell in the central Texas area on Friday, the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, said earlier that 21 children have died in the flooding.
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