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Dozens Still Missing as Rescue and Recovery Continue After Texas Flash Flood

Federal aid is funding initial damage assessments for a planned statewide warning-system upgrade

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Overview

  • Officials confirm over 104 deaths across central Texas, including at least 27 at Camp Mystic, and report that 10 campers and one counselor remain missing.
  • Search and rescue teams from local, state and federal agencies have saved more than 850 people using drones, boats and helicopters, and warn that the window for finding missing survivors is closing as floodwaters recede.
  • Camp Mystic director Richard “Dick” Eastland died attempting to rescue campers and was found alongside three girls in a submerged vehicle.
  • A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather places economic losses from the floods between $18 billion and $22 billion, intensifying pressure on recovery efforts.
  • Authorities are probing warning delays and planning a statewide siren network by next summer to improve rapid-alert coverage for flash floods.