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Search Intensifies for Marin County Family Missing in Texas Flash Floods

Authorities scour Kerr County waterways for missing residents under a rising death toll of 89.

On July 6, 2025, search and recovery workers dig through debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in flash flooding at Camp Mystic, in Hunt, Texas.
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A search and recovery worker shines his flashlight through through murky waters near Camp Mystic, looking for remains of victims on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. 
Members of a search and rescue team board an airboat in Kerrville, Texas, on Monday, July 7, 2025. Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian summer camp hit by the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas, confirmed on Monday that at least 27 campers and counselors had died, calling the disaster an Òunimaginable tragedy.Ó (Callaghan OÕHare/The New York Times)

Overview

  • Texas officials report at least 89 people killed and about 40 still unaccounted for after the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in under an hour over the Fourth of July weekend.
  • Mark Walker, his wife Sara and their 14-year-old son Johnny have been missing since the floods washed away their Hunt, Texas home.
  • Their daughter Ellie survived at a nearby summer camp and is now in the care of her uncle, former Giants pitcher Tyler Walker, who has joined the search.
  • Urban search-and-rescue teams deployed by California have joined local volunteers in combing flood debris in central Texas for survivors.
  • Marin County communities have held vigils and a prayer service at Marin Catholic High School while authorities investigate emergency warning and preparedness procedures.