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San Antonio Flash Floods Leave Four Dead, Two Missing

Emergency crews continue high-water rescues across 23 Central Texas counties under a flash flood warning.

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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Rescue crews search a vehicle trapped in floodwaters in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday morning.

Overview

  • Four fatalities—two men and two women—confirmed after vehicles were swept away in northeastern San Antonio.
  • Two people remain missing and search dogs have been deployed to locate them in submerged neighborhoods.
  • More than seven inches of rain inundated parts of the city, including nearly four inches in one hour in a 1-in-50 to 1-in-100 year downpour.
  • The San Antonio River surged from about three feet to over 25 feet within two hours, filling low-water crossings and trapping motorists.
  • San Antonio Fire Department and police have conducted over 65 water rescues since midnight while thousands of homes remain without power and dozens of roads are closed.