Overview

• Pope Leo XIV spoke in English after his Angelus prayers at the Vatican to express sorrow for families who lost loved ones in the flash flood.
• Torrential rains on Friday dumped 1.8 trillion gallons of water over Kerr County, sending the Guadalupe River up 26 feet in just 45 minutes.
• About 80 people have been confirmed dead, many of them children attending the 99-year-old Camp Mystic, and several others remain missing.
• Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush issued a joint statement saying they were heartbroken and offered gratitude to the responders.
• Emergency crews and volunteers continue to search flood-swamped areas, particularly around Camp Mystic, in hopes of finding those still unaccounted for.