The horror of the deaths due to the flooding in Texas hill country is unbearable to even hear and report. Kristi Noem is in Texas trying to help the victims. The victims saw 25 – 26 feet of water in 45 minutes at 3 am. This was a flash flood, not a scheduled evacuation.
Everyone was notified and rescues were happening during the flooding. Texas’s response was incredible. No one could have predicted this. By way of comparison, it affected ten square miles while North Carolina’s was thousands of square miles.
President Trump is in the process of upgrading The National Weather Service although this flood would not have been affected. They didn’t predict this amount of rain. They expected 3″ to 6″ of rain. However, it was enough to have emergency teams on standby and they were immediately activated as soon as the flooding began. As a first responder answered the call, his vehicle was swept away. Even first responders were caught off guard.
They have more than enough help. They are searching 30 miles away for survivors because that is how far victims could have been swept away.
Catastrophic flooding struck central Texas yesterday, causing the Guadalupe River near Kerrville to surge by more than 20-26 feet within 90 minutes, leading to widespread damage and road washouts.
The death toll rose to 52 70 people across five counties with 10 children missing.
Rescuers are searching for at least 20 young girls.
Some families have begun identifying campers who were killed in the flooding. Officials said this morning the tally of children missing from Camp Mystic stood at 27. The flooding hit while they slept.
Our hearts are with those impacted by the Central Texas floods. I thank Gov. Abbott, state officials, and the U.S. Coast Guard for their swift, heroic response.
President Trump is committed to deploying all federal resources to unify families, rescue the missing, and return… pic.twitter.com/yUa4yNd4SW
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) July 5, 2025
Today I visited Camp Mystic.
It, and the river running beside it, were horrendously ravaged in ways unlike I’ve seen in any natural disaster.
The height the rushing water reached to the top of cabins was shocking.
We won’t stop until we find every girl who was in those cabins.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 6, 2025
Air rescue missions like this are being done around the clock.
We will not stop until everyone is accounted for. pic.twitter.com/tqwTr1RkEi
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 4, 2025