Lives Lost to the Texas Floods
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The legendary Lone Star singer-songwriter's two daughters attended Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died and nearly a dozen are still missing.
The devastating floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country on July Fourth weekend have claimed more than 100 lives, including young campers whose lives were cut tragically short, with dozens still missing.
The record of frequent, often deadly floods in Central Texas goes back more than 200 years to July 1819, when floodwaters spilled into the major plazas of San Antonio. That city on the edge of the Hill Country was hit by major floods again in 1913, 1921, 1998 and 2025, to cite a few examples.
In a Sunday afternoon press conference, Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice indicated for the first time that officials would review their protocols.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing after flash floods hit parts of Texas. An unknown number of people still remain missing.
Heavy equipment is tearing through massive debris piles in Kerr County as the search for the missing continues.
Before and after satellite images reveal the catastrophic impact the Texas flood had on parts of Kerr County closest to the Guadalupe River.
CNN’s Bill Weir reports from the ruins of Camp Mystic in Texas, where deadly floods have claimed at least 27 lives. Weir explains how climate change is making flooding more extreme and common.