 "A flood gauge marks the height of water flowing over a farm-to-market road near Kerrville, Texas, on Friday, July 4, 2025. AP")
The devastating Texas flash floods have killed over 100 people , while more than 160 are still missing, the state’s governor has announced. Most of the missing people are in Kerr County, the same place where the highest number of casualties have been reported.
Search-and-rescue teams are using heavy equipment to untangle and peel away layers of trees, unearth large rocks in riverbanks and move massive piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for the missing people.
Amid this, a time-lapse video shows dramatic visuals of how the Llano River in Texas swelled up in a matter of a few minutes, raising water levels to dangerous highs.
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The flash flood is the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon flood on July 31, 1976, killed 144 people, said Bob Henson, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections. That flood surged through a narrow canyon packed with people on a holiday weekend, Colorado’s centennial celebration.
The most heartwrenching news from the disaster came when 27 girls were reported dead after they went missing with several others from Camp Mystic. In the aftermath of the calamity, mud-splattered blankets and pillows were scattered on a grassy hill that slopes toward the river outside the cabins at Camp Mystic, where the girls were attending a summer camp.
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View AllThe flash floods erupted before daybreak Friday after massive rains sent water speeding down hills into the Guadalupe River, causing it to rise 26 feet (8 meters) in less than an hour. The wall of water overwhelmed people in cabins, tents and trailers along the river’s edge. Some survivors were found clinging to trees.
Four days have passed since anyone was found alive in the aftermath of the floods in Kerr County, officials said Tuesday.
The bodies of 30 children were among those that have been recovered in the county, which is home to Camp Mystic and several other summer camps, the sheriff said.
With inputs from AP