UPDATE: AT Least 24 Dead in Horrific Texas Flooding, 25 or More Still Missing

10:20 AM · July 05, 2025

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Beege Welborn Jul 5, 2025 10:20 AM ET

There is still a frantic search ongoing for girls who'd been at a summer camp on a local lake. Apparently, the area is hugely popular for those sorts of businesses.

Flooding rains rapidly overwhelmed the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people and prompting a frantic and ongoing rescue effort that continued through the night and into Saturday.
Parents were desperate for news about campers who remain missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls camp at the river's edge. On Friday evening, about two dozen campers were unaccounted for.
The camp is located in central Texas' Kerr County, about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio. A few miles away along the river, another girls' camp said its director was killed in the flooding. The Heart O' the Hills Camp said it was not in session and most people who were at camp when flooding hit have been accounted for, but camp officials received word that Director Jane Ragsdale had died.

Last night, we saw the sheriff, who said the river rose 20 feet in 45 minutes.

There's no 'get out' warning for that, but flash flood warnings WERE ISSUED, contrary to a narrative being developed by certain parties.

Here are the facts for anyone spreading misinformation about any lack of warning for the #TexasFlood: A flash flood warning was issued by the @NWS for Kerr County, TX at 1a on Friday, 7/4, followed by a severe flood emergency warning at 4a, and another for Kerrville at 5:30a. pic.twitter.com/728ZixrU05
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Expect to see more of that blame game ramping up.

Jeez, Louise - these pictures in the dark are unbelievable.

Ran some supplies out to Kerr County with Brandon and met up with Wes Virdell.

This is right around the corner from Camp Mystic, where 20 to 25 little girls went missing .

Miles and miles of cars, trees, and homes piled on top of one another.

First responders told us it’s a… pic.twitter.com/vMyfhqlKfL
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They are working their butts off to get everyone out.

...A "24/7" rescue effort was underway, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference Friday evening. Over 200 people were rescued from the floodwaters, said Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Suelzer, the commander of the Texas National Guard.