First responders scan the banks of the Guadalupe River for people swept away by flooding in Ingram, Texas, Friday, July 4, 2025.
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At the very least 24 individuals are lifeless following excessive flooding that slammed Texas Hill Nation early Friday morning, in response to state officers.
At the very least 20 women from a Christian summer season camp subsequent to the Guadalupe River stay lacking.
Officers mentioned a few of these campers could also be stranded and unable to name for assist.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott mentioned throughout a information convention Friday night time that the state is committing all the mandatory assets to proceed with a search and rescue mission.
The governor issued a catastrophe declaration for a number of counties within the state’s space often called the Hill Nation, about 70 miles from San Antonio.
Gov. Abbott mentioned search and rescue missions will proceed “within the darkness of the night time…looking for for anyone who is just not accounted for.”
He added: “This can be a 24/7 effort.”
Broken autos and particles are seen roped off close to the banks of the Guadalupe River after flooding in Ingram, Texas, Friday, July 4, 2025.
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At an earlier briefing, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick mentioned greater than 500 responders and 14 helicopters had been deployed to seek out anybody who’s trapped within the inundated space.
“We have now deployed plenty of personnel to a number of places all through the Texas Hill Nation to help with search and rescue efforts,” Patrick mentioned, noting that the area is well-liked for summer season camps, together with one for lots of of women.
He mentioned state efforts’ emphasis Friday is to find unaccounted youngsters.
“Inside 45 minutes, the Guadalupe River rose 26 ft and it was a harmful flood — taking property and sadly lives,” Patrick mentioned. He added that the area obtained 12 inches or extra of rain per hour.
Patrick mentioned that communities within the affected areas are with out electrical energy or web protection.
The scenario should still worsen. Sheriff Larry Leitha mentioned authorities imagine the variety of fatalities may develop.
“That is in all probability going to be a few days’ course of,” Leitha mentioned throughout a press convention.
First responders deploy boats alongside the Guadalupe River after lethal flooding on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.
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On Friday, the Nationwide Climate Service issued a hazard climate warning. In an announcement, the NWS warned, “Flooding attributable to extreme rainfall continues to be potential.” The company mentioned an extra 1 to three inches of rain may fall throughout the area, however that “remoted spots within the Hill Nation may see as much as 5 inches.”
The NWS defined the intense rainfall is being attributable to a moist tropical airmass mixed with a sluggish transferring storm system in counties throughout south central Texas.
Kerr County officers mentioned the Guadalupe River, which runs by way of the area, is presently cresting at 39 ft or extra — up from about 3 ft earlier than the rainfall.
Choose Rob Kelly signed a declaration of catastrophe, following the devastation to property and lack of life left behind by the extreme climate storm.
“Suffice it right this moment this has been a really devastating and lethal flood,” Kelly mentioned throughout a Friday morning press convention.
Kelly’s workplace mentioned damages will likely be monumental to each public infrastructure and personal properties, with estimates unattainable to find out till floodwaters recede.
