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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Texas Woman's Flood Rescue Caught on Camera After Waters Swept Her 20 Miles
An unnamed Texas woman, age 22, was rescued over the weekend after the devastating Guadalupe River floods swept her 20 miles over four hours before she eventually clung to a tree and cried for help. A Texas family saw her and helped initiate the rescue, Fox News reported Sunday, with what the network touted as 'unbelievable video' of the moment caught on tape. The Jeter family spoke to the news organization about the experience, which began while they were evacuating their own home. 'We had not totally evacuated — our home as right on the river — but we're 25 foot near … and floodwaters were rising,' patriarch Carl Jeter told Fox News. 'I had gone about a half a block down the street where I could still watch, but was on dry land.' More from TheWrap Texas Woman's Flood Rescue Caught on Camera After Waters Swept Her 20 Miles | Video TikTok Is Building a New Version of the App for September Release | Report Uma Thurman Confirms 'Red, White & Royal Blue 2' Return, Praises Its 'Better World' With Female President | Video 'Lilo & Stitch' Passes 'Minecraft' as Hollywood's Highest-Grossing Film of 2025 Watch the news segment on the woman's rescue via Fox News below: 'As soon as the water stopped rising and began to recede a little bit, I waded in, went up on my deck. And as I did, she spotted me, and she started to scream for help,' he continued. 'At first I couldn't locate her — I thought she was in the river itself going downstream … and then I finally was able to look across the river into the tree and I spotted her. So I began to call out to her and tell her that I see her. I got you, we're going to get you some help. It's going to be OK, just hang on.' The woman told the outlet that she was separated from her family, who were still missing at the time of the report. Refrigerators and other debris in the water nearly took her under before she was saved. The rescue effort involved 'multiple teams,' Josh Jeter said. 'There was a Swift Water Rescue from Bernie, Texas team that showed up, and then there were some Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens that showed up with boats as well.' 'We were able to help launch those boats by hand into the water for them to get in and rescue her,' he added. 'It was just … you didn't think about it, you just did what you needed to do to help them get into the water to save this young lady that's clinging to life in a tree.' At least 80 people, including dozens of young girls attending a summer camp in the area, died during the flash flood. Ten girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic are still unaccounted for. Gov. Greg Abbott has also warned the state's residents that more flash flooding is on the way. Questions surrounding emergency readiness have been raised following the devastation. CNN reported officials in Kerr County previously debated installing flood warning sirens nine years ago (and again as recently as 2021) but failed to realize the plan. 'We do not have a warning system,' Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said at a news conference Friday. Watch Fox News' interview with the Jeter family in the video above. The post Texas Woman's Flood Rescue Caught on Camera After Waters Swept Her 20 Miles | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Fox News
06-07-2025
- Climate
- Fox News
Texas family helps rescue woman clinging to tree after being swept 20 miles downriver
One Texas family helped save a woman's life who was clinging to a tree for hours as deadly flash flooding struck Kerr County over the weekend. The woman, who was swept 20 miles downriver, caught the Jeter family's attention when she saw Carl and began to "scream for help" while he was outside on his deck. "She spotted me, and she started to scream for help," Carl told "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday. "At first, I couldn't… locate her. I thought she was in the river itself going downstream, and I was like, 'Oh my gosh,' and then I finally was able to look across the river at the end of the tree and I spotted her, so I began to call out to her and tell her that I see her… 'I got you. We're going to get you some help. It's going to be okay. Just hang on.'" The family was able to call for help and ultimately, Texas troopers rescued the woman from the tree after an hours-long nightmare. "There were multiple teams that showed up," Josh said. "There was a Swiftwater Rescue from Bernie, Texas, team that showed, and then there were some Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens that showed with boats as well. We were able to help launch those boats by hand into the water for them to get in and rescue her." "It was just kind of… you didn't think about it. You just did what you needed to do to help them get into the water to save this young lady that's clinging to life in a tree." The Jeters invited the woman into their home after the harrowing rescue. Carl said she was in "shock." "She was cut and bruised and banged up from the trek and cold," he said. "So we wrapped her in blankets and towels and got her into the house, the dry spot because it was raining outside at the time, pretty good." "She was just extremely upset, concerned, worried, and what have you." More than 50 people have been confirmed dead in Central Texas since the flash flooding began on Friday, and authorities are still frantically searching for more still missing. There are more than 27 young girls who remain missing in Kerr County who were staying at Camp Mystic, an all-girls private Christian retreat in Hunt, Texas. Five young girls who were staying at that camp have been confirmed dead. Authorities said about 850 people have been rescued so far.
