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Search continues for about 2 dozen girls at Texas summer camp after flooding kills 24

July 5, 2025
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The search continued Saturday for survivors after a rainstorm sent water spilling out of the Guadalupe River in Texas, sweeping away a girls’ summer camp, killing at least 24 people and leaving another two dozen missing. 

The destructive force of the fast-rising waters just before dawn Friday washed out homes and swept away vehicles.

There were hundreds of rescues around Kerr County, including at least 167 by helicopter, authorities said. 

The total number of missing people was not known, but the sheriff said between 23 and 25 of them were girls who had been attending Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp along the river. 

At a news conference late Friday, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said 24 people had been confirmed killed. Authorities said 237 people were rescued.

A helicopter flies over the Guadalupe River on Friday. Flash floods have killed at least 24 people, according to county officials. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press)

On social media, parents and families posted desperate pleas for information about loved ones caught in the flood zone.

“The camp was completely destroyed,” said Elinor Lester, 13, one of hundreds of campers at Camp Mystic. “A helicopter landed and started taking people away. It was really scary.”

She said a raging storm woke up her cabin around 1:30 a.m. local time Friday. Rescuers tied a rope for the girls to hold as the children in her cabin walked across a bridge with floodwaters whipping around the calves and knees. 

The flooding in the middle of the night on the Fourth of July holiday caught many residents, campers and officials by surprise. Officials defended their preparations for severe weather and their response, but said they had not expected such an intense downpour that was, in effect, the equivalent of months’ worth of rain for the area. 

One National Weather Service forecast this week had called for only between 76 and 152 millimetres of rain, said Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management. 

“It did not predict the amount of rain that we saw.” 

Helicopters, drones used in search for missing

A river gauge at Hunt recorded 6.7 metres in about two hours, according to Bob Fogarty, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Austin/San Antonio office. The gauge failed after recording a level of 9 metres.

“The water’s moving so fast, you’re not going to recognize how bad it is until it’s on top of you,” Fogarty said.

On the Facebook page of the Kerr County sheriff’s office, people posted pictures of loved ones and begged for help finding them.

At least 400 people were on the ground helping in the response, Texas Lt.-Gov. Dan Patrick said. Nine rescue teams, 14 helicopters and 12 drones were being used; some people being rescued from trees. 

People walk along the Guadalupe River after the flash floods. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press)

In Ingram, Erin Burgess woke to thunder and rain at 3:30 a.m. Just 20 minutes later, water was pouring into her home directly across from the river, she said. She described an agonizing hour clinging to a tree and waiting for the water to recede enough so they could walk up the hill to a neighbour’s home.

“My son and I floated to a tree where we hung onto it, and my boyfriend and my dog floated away. He was lost for a while, but we found them.”

Of her 19-year-old son, Burgess said: “Thankfully he’s over 6 feet tall. That’s the only thing that saved me, was hanging on to him.”

Matthew Stone, 44, of Kerrville, said police came knocking on doors at 5:30 a.m. but he had received no warning on his phone.

“We got no emergency alert. There was nothing,” Stone said. Then, “a pitch black wall of death.” 

‘I was scared to death’

At a reunification centre set up in Ingram, families cried and cheered as loved ones got off vehicles loaded with evacuees. Two soldiers carried an older woman who could not get down a ladder. Behind her, a woman in a soiled T-shirt and shorts clutched a small white dog. 

Later, a girl in a white “Camp Mystic” T-shirt and white socks stood in a puddle, sobbing in her mother’s arms.

Barry Adelman, 54, said water pushed everyone in his three-story house into the attic, including his 94-year-old grandmother and nine-year-old grandson. The water started coming through the attic floor before finally receding. 

“I was horrified,” he said. “I was having to look at my grandson in the face and tell him everything was going to be OK, but inside I was scared to death.” 

People are reunited at a reunification centre after flooding hit the Ingram area. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press)

The forecast had called for rain, with a flood watch upgraded to a warning overnight for at least 30,000 people. But totals in some places exceeded expectations, Fogarty said. 

Patrick noted the potential for heavy rain and flooding covered a large area.

“Everything was done to give them a heads-up that you could have heavy rain, and we’re not exactly sure where it’s going to land,” Patrick said. “Obviously as it got dark last night, we got into the wee morning of the hours — that’s when the storm started to zero in.”

Asked about how people were notified in Kerr County so that they could get to safety, Judge Rob Kelly, the county’s chief elected official, said: “We do not have a warning system.” 

When reporters pushed on why more precautions weren’t taken, Kelly said: “Rest assured, no one knew this kind of flood was coming.” 

Popular tourism area prone to flooding

The area is known as “flash flood alley” because of the hills’ thin layer of soil, said Austin Dickson, CEO of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, which was collecting donations to help non-profits responding to the disaster.

“When it rains, water doesn’t soak into the soil,” Dickson said. “It rushes down the hill.”

First responders deliver people to a reunification centre after flash flooding in the Ingram area. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press)

River tourism industry is a key part of the Hill Country economy. Well-known, century-old summer camps bring in kids from all over the country, Dickson said.

“It’s generally a very tranquil river with really beautiful clear blue water that people have been attracted to for generations,” Dickson said.



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