Overview
- Governor Greg Abbott reports 109 confirmed fatalities and 161 people unaccounted for after the Guadalupe River surged more than 25 feet within an hour over the July 4 weekend.
- State, federal and local agencies, including FEMA and the U.S. Coast Guard, continue search and recovery efforts across debris-choked terrain under active flash flood warnings.
- Pat Green announced that his brother John Burgess, sister-in-law Julia and their two young sons were swept away in the Kerrville flood and said his family is asking for privacy as they await closure.
- Camp Mystic, a 100-year-old Christian girls’ summer camp on the Guadalupe River, remains one of the hardest hit sites, with dozens of campers and counselors among the dead and missing.
- Officials warn of renewed storm threats and maintain flood watches across saturated areas of the Texas Hill Country, urging residents to remain weather aware.