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Texas Floods Claim 109 Lives; Country Singer Pat Green’s Family Still Missing

Rescue teams in Kerr County press on under flood watches following the ’100-year flood,’ while families including country star Pat Green await news of missing loved ones.

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Pat Green performing in Austin in 2024.
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Green light appropriately illuminates singer Pat Green during his show at Potosi Live. on Aug. 21, 2021.

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.