Billie Eilish, Shakira & More Musicians Are ‘Sending Love to Texas' Amid Deadly Floods

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14-07-2025

Billie Eilish, Shakira and more stars are speaking out amid the deadly floods in Texas.
Starting on the Fourth of July, natural disaster swept through much of central Texas as torrential rains caused catastrophic damage across multiple counties. At press time, CNN reports that at least 89 people — including 27 young girls and counselors belonging to the Camp Mystic summer camp along the Guadalupe River — have died as a result, while others are missing.
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In response, Eilish shared a video capturing some of the flood damage and wrote Sunday (July 6) on her Instagram Story, 'this is so sad.'
'sending love to Texas,' she added, following it up with a reshared video of a meteorologist warning how budget cuts to the National Weather Service under Donald Trump's administration would inhibit its ability to properly warn people of disastrous weather crises such as the floods.
Shakira encouraged fans to join her in donating to Texans in need, sharing a link to a local crisis response charity and revealing that a portion of the proceeds from her July 5 concert in San Antonio would go toward the cause. 'Our hearts and prayers are with those affected by the flood in Central Texas,' she wrote on X. 'Your help is important and appreciated.'
Miranda Lambert also sprung into action, sharing posts on Instagram about how her pet charity, Mutt Nation, would be assisting displaced animals in her home state. 'I can't even come up with the words for the loss everyone is suffering,' the country star says of the floods in a video posted on her Instagram, after which she shared resources about fostering pets, dropping off supplies and donating on her Story.
Other Texas natives who posted about the disaster were Maren Morris and Hilary Duff. Sharing old photos of herself performing in the Lone Star State, the former wrote on Instagram that she was 'thinking of my home state right now.'
'the floods are devastating and people are still missing,' she added in her post. 'there are several places to donate but i'll be donating to an incredibly impactful fund called the Texas Hill Country Community Foundation.'
The Lizzy McGuire actress shared a statement decorated with bluebonnets — the state flower of Texas — on Instagram. 'Heartbroken doesn't begin to cover it,' she wrote. 'Praying for even a shred of a miracle — to find a child alive in the wake of this boundless disaster … I'm just so deeply, absolutely sorry. Your loss is felt across the world.'
Lana Del Rey mourned the loss of lives in both the Texas floods and the ongoing conflict in Gaza, sharing in a statement on Instagram, 'We've been thinking of you every day since the floods … May all the angels be with you as you search for even more lost loved ones.'
'And yes of course we pray for Palestine every day,' Del Rey added in a comment on the post. 'There is never a good way of wording things that will make all people happy but that is my personal truth. Politically I do keep up and have been very much hoping for cease fire.'
The musicians' posts come as responders are still searching for survivors on rescue missions across the impacted areas in Texas. Even days after the disaster began, active flood warnings are currently still in place across the state.
State representatives are also now grappling with how they could have better protected citizens amid the crisis. Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters Monday (July 7) that 'if we could go back and do it again, we would evacuate,' while Mayor Joe Herring Jr. of the heavily affected Kerrville, Texas, revealed in an interview with CNN that he hadn't even received an alert before the floods hit seemingly out of nowhere.
'It all happened upriver at the worst possible place,' he told the news network. 'And I think everyone in Kerrville, everyone in Kerr County, wishes to God we had some way to warn them. To warn those people … 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.'
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