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Central Texas Flash Floods Claim Over 90 Lives as Search Operations Continue

Relief groups are urging donations as rescuers comb remote Kerr County river corridors for 41 people still missing.

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Overview

  • Officials confirmed at least 90 fatalities, including 27 children, and report 41 people still missing following the Fourth of July floods.
  • Kerr County has recorded 75 of the deaths, and search efforts at Camp Mystic focus on 10 girls and one counselor still unaccounted for.
  • The bodies of 15 victims have been recovered along the Guadalupe River corridor in Travis, Williamson, Burnet, Tom Green and Kendall counties.
  • On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott visited Camp Mystic and pledged that authorities will not stop searching until every missing person is found.
  • Nonprofits such as Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, Salvation Army and World Central Kitchen are calling for monetary donations to fund rescue, relief and rebuilding efforts.