Overview
- At least 134 people have been confirmed dead in the Texas Hill Country floods, including about a third who were children at Camp Mystic.
- An estimated 101 individuals remain missing, many of whom were unregistered campers or tourists who never logged in at campsites or hotels.
- Heavy-rain forecasts and flash-flood watches have repeatedly halted search operations, with Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha estimating that locating all missing persons could take up to six months.
- President Donald Trump approved adding Burnet, Llano, Mason, McCulloch and Tom Green counties to the federal disaster declaration, making them eligible for FEMA public assistance.
- Governor Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session later this month to probe emergency-warning shortcomings after a 2024 FEMA report warned that Kerr County lacked a needed $1 million siren network.