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San Antonio Flash Flooding Death Toll Climbs to Eight as Six Remain Missing

Rescue teams are scouring northeast San Antonio after record rainfall sent water surging through low-water crossings.

A police vehicle blocks a flooded roadway in San Antonio, Texas., where a vehicle was stranded after heavy rains in the city on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
Multiple damaged cars are seen in flood waters Thursday, June 12, 2025, after heavy rains overnight in San Antonio. (Jessica Phelps/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
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Overview

  • Officials announced Friday that three additional bodies were recovered at Perrin Beitel and Austin Highway, raising confirmed fatalities from five to eight.
  • San Antonio Fire Department said rescue crews have responded to at least 70 water rescues and 16 high-water investigations since the deluge began early Thursday.
  • Over six inches of rain inundated parts of San Antonio in a matter of hours, overwhelming low-water crossings near Loop 410 and Perrin Beitel and sweeping about 15 vehicles into Beitel Creek.
  • Teams are still searching for six individuals reported missing in two search zones: northeast Loop 410/Perrin Beitel and U.S. Highway 90/Callaghan Road.
  • The storm knocked out power for tens of thousands of residents and the National Weather Service maintained active flash flood warnings across multiple Central Texas counties.