Overview

• Emergency officials confirm at least 120 people have died in the flash floods along the Guadalupe River and more than 170 remain unaccounted for
• President Trump arrived in Kerrville on July 11 to meet survivors and first responders and approved extending the major disaster declaration to eight additional counties
• Search-and-rescue crews have transitioned to recovery on the river’s debris-strewn banks after rescuing hundreds from treetops and poles
• Federal and state resources are being deployed to fund housing, debris removal and other relief under the disaster declaration
• State and federal investigations have been launched into up to six-hour delays in Kerr County’s CodeRED alerts and the absence of local sirens despite prior risk assessments