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Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Texas Officials Say 'This Will Be a Rough Week' as Death Toll from Flooding Surpasses 100
In the latest update, officials from Kerr County said that 84 bodies have been recovered, including 28 children 10 campers and one counselor from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring said during a press conference that as search efforts continue, "we remain hopeful"As the death toll from the Texas flooding disaster continues to rise, officials are offering their sympathies — and stressing that search efforts for all who remain missing will continue. In an update on the morning of Monday, July 7, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that the bodies of 75 people had been recovered across the country — hours later, that number increased to 84, including 56 adults and 28 children. The latest news brings the total number of victims to at least 104, according to the Associated Press and NBC News. Of the deceased, identification is still pending for 22 adults and 10 children. In the same afternoon update, officials confirmed that 10 young girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' camp nestled in Texas Hill Country, as well as one camp counselor remain unaccounted for along. In a message on their website, the camp said they were mourning the loss of 27 campers and counselors. During the morning press conference, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring acknowledged how hard it is to have to wait for answers about loved ones. 'I need to tell my community and those families who are waiting – this will be a rough week,' Herring remarked, sharing that officials "remain hopeful every foot, every mile, every bend of the river." City manager Dalton Rice added that the search is still in its primary phase, and that anybody looking to volunteer should contact the Salvation Army in Kerrville. At another point during the press conference, reflecting on the loss of life at Camp Mystic, Sen. Ted Cruz said that "the pain and agony of not knowing your child's whereabouts, it's the worst thing imaginable." 'Everyone would agree, in hindsight, if we could go back and do it again, we would evacuate,' he added, according to CNN. 'Particularly those in the most vulnerable areas — the young children in the cabins closest to the water, we would remove them and get them to higher ground, if we could go back and do it again.' Amid ongoing criticism about how the response to the natural disaster was handled, Cruz argued against "partisan finger pointing" and went on to express faith that the Lone Star state will begin to heal eventually. 'We will come through this," Cruz said. "To those in the midst of grief right now, that might seem hard to fathom, but Texas will come through this.' To learn how to help support the victims and recovery efforts from the Texas floods, click here. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Texas Officials Say 'This Will Be a Rough Week' as Death Toll from Flooding Surpasses 100
In the latest update, officials from Kerr County said that 84 bodies have been recovered, including 28 children 10 campers and one counselor from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring said during a press conference that as search efforts continue, "we remain hopeful"As the death toll from the Texas flooding disaster continues to rise, officials are offering their sympathies — and stressing that search efforts for all who remain missing will continue. In an update on the morning of Monday, July 7, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that the bodies of 75 people had been recovered across the country — hours later, that number increased to 84, including 56 adults and 28 children. The latest news brings the total number of victims to at least 104, according to the Associated Press and NBC News. Of the deceased, identification is still pending for 22 adults and 10 children. In the same afternoon update, officials confirmed that 10 young girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' camp nestled in Texas Hill Country, as well as one camp counselor remain unaccounted for along. In a message on their website, the camp said they were mourning the loss of 27 campers and counselors. During the morning press conference, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring acknowledged how hard it is to have to wait for answers about loved ones. 'I need to tell my community and those families who are waiting – this will be a rough week,' Herring remarked, sharing that officials "remain hopeful every foot, every mile, every bend of the river." City manager Dalton Rice added that the search is still in its primary phase, and that anybody looking to volunteer should contact the Salvation Army in Kerrville. At another point during the press conference, reflecting on the loss of life at Camp Mystic, Sen. Ted Cruz said that "the pain and agony of not knowing your child's whereabouts, it's the worst thing imaginable." 'Everyone would agree, in hindsight, if we could go back and do it again, we would evacuate,' he added, according to CNN. 'Particularly those in the most vulnerable areas — the young children in the cabins closest to the water, we would remove them and get them to higher ground, if we could go back and do it again.' Amid ongoing criticism about how the response to the natural disaster was handled, Cruz argued against "partisan finger pointing" and went on to express faith that the Lone Star state will begin to heal eventually. 'We will come through this," Cruz said. "To those in the midst of grief right now, that might seem hard to fathom, but Texas will come through this.' To learn how to help support the victims and recovery efforts from the Texas floods, click here. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Meteorologist explains what triggered deadly Texas floods
Meteorologist Chris Warren explains the contributing factors to the deadly Texas floods that have killed at least 82 people and left dozens missing, according to officials. While search efforts are underway, showers and thunderstorms are expected to persist through tomorrow.
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Haunting final text message of missing Texas flood victim, 21, moments before the house she was staying in with friends was washed away at 4am
As the raging Guadalupe River burst its banks and wreaked havoc in central Texas, a young woman named Joyce Badon sent a haunting text message that may have been her last. Triggering one of many frantic search efforts, Badon pleaded for help from a house along the river, according to Louis Deppe, leader of a group of volunteers trying to help the Badon family find their daughter. Torrential rains starting the night before the Independence Day holiday caused the river to rise the height of a two-story building in less than hour, flooding parts of Kerr County, including several children's camps, tearing down trees and tossing cars as if they were toys. The death toll as of Sunday afternoon was at least 78, with more casualties expected. Badon and three friends, Ella Cahill, Reese Manchaca and Aiden Heartfield, had gone to a country house to spend the July 4 holiday together. It rained all Thursday night into Friday morning, when disaster struck. 'Their house collapsed at about 4 in the morning and they were being washed away. On her cellphone, the last message (her family) got was "we're being washed away" and the phone went dead,' Deppe told AFP. He said the team works in groups of two or three people as they look through the debris and detritus left behind by the deluge. 'One of the bodies was 8 to 10 feet in a tree, surrounded up by so much debris. Not one person could see it, so the more eyes, the better,' he added. The river is returning to normal now but there is utter destruction everywhere on its banks, like a dead cow hanging from a tree, its head caught between two branches. Nearby a pickup truck lies upside down and around it dozens of dead fish swept out of the water are beginning to rot and stink. Helicopters fly overhead looking for survivors or bodies while rescue teams in boats ride up and down the river and emergency officials comb its banks. Little by little, debris like uprooted trees and ruined cars is being taken away. Tina Hambly, 55, the mother of Joyce Badon's best friend and roommate, walks around with a kayak oar poking at branches and other debris, hoping to find something or someone. 'We're doing a seven-mile stretch, and there's seven teams and we're doing a mile apiece, so just kind of dividing and conquering, trying to find any four of them or anyone,' Hambly told AFP. 'But, you know, we are friends and families and frankly, some strangers have shown up,' she added. In the town of Hunt, one of the worst hit areas, a summer gathering for children called Camp Mystic initially reported dozens of those kids missing in the flooding. The figure now stands at 11 plus a counselor. Toys, clothing, towels and other belongings lie strewn around camp cabins full of mud. The volunteers looking for Badon have found some bodies - two early on Saturday morning and then another stuck in debris up in a tree. 'And they did let me know that she was one of the Camp Mystic girls that went missing,' said Justin Morales, 36, part of the search team. 'We're happy to give a family closure,' he said. 'That's why we're out here.'
CNN
07-07-2025
- Climate
- CNN
Video: Meteorologist explains what triggered deadly Texas floods
Meteorologist Chris Warren explains the contributing factors to the deadly Texas floods that have killed at least 82 people and left dozens missing, according to officials. While search efforts are underway, showers and thunderstorms are expected to persist through tomorrow.
