Overview

• At least 104 deaths have been confirmed across six counties following a sudden flash flood triggered by torrential rains starting July 4.
• Roughly 40 people remain missing, including ten girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic where the Guadalupe River rose several meters within minutes.
• Ongoing downpours have raised the Weather Prediction Center flood risk to level 3 of 4 in parts of central Texas and slowed search and rescue efforts.
• Coast Guard swimmer Scott Ruskan evacuated 165 campers in a mission hailed as heroic by the Department of Homeland Security.
• President Trump plans to visit the disaster area later this week, with scrutiny intensifying over unfunded early-warning systems in the region known as ‘Flash Flood Alley.’