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Search Intensifies for Walker Family Missing in Texas Flash Flood

Search operations for the Walker family missing since Friday have expanded with California rescue teams joining the effort.

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

  • Mark Walker, 52, his wife Sara, 50, and their 14-year-old son Johnny went missing after a flash flood on July 4 destroyed their Guadalupe River vacation home in Hunt, Texas.
  • California Gov Gavin Newsom has deployed a California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force alongside FEMA and local agencies to scour debris-choked waterways and riverbanks.
  • Texas officials report at least 89 flood-related deaths across Kerr County and surrounding areas, with roughly 40 people still unaccounted for.
  • Their 16-year-old daughter, Ellie Walker, survived at Camp Waldemar and is now staying with her uncle, former Giants reliever Tyler Walker, who flew to Texas to support her.
  • Hundreds in Kentfield have held vigils and Marin Catholic High School will host a prayer service tonight for the missing family.