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Pat Green Confirms Brother and Sister-in-Law Killed as Texas Flood Death Toll Exceeds 100

He has appealed for privacy as crews continue searching for his two young nephews and dozens of other missing residents

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Pat Green performing in Austin in 2024.
Green light appropriately illuminates singer Pat Green during his show at Potosi Live. on Aug. 21, 2021.
Pat Green performs at the Cattle Barons Ball held at the 713 Music Hall Saturday Sept. 9, 2023. Texas-based Country singer Pat Green is grieving the loss of his brother, his brother's wife and two of their children swept away in the Texas Hill Country floods. 

Overview

  • On July 8, Green confirmed that his step-brother John Burgess and sister-in-law Julia Anderson Burgess died in the flash floods.
  • Their sons, James and Jack Burgess, remain missing after being swept away at a Kerrville RV park.
  • The flash floods along the Guadalupe River have claimed more than 100 lives and left dozens unaccounted for across the Texas Hill Country.
  • Local, state and federal agencies, including FEMA and the Coast Guard, have deployed search-and-rescue teams to affected areas.
  • Green and other flood-impacted families have requested privacy as community members mobilize support for recovery efforts.