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- At least 24 dead in Texas flooding; authorities search for Camp Mystic campers</p>
<p>Jeanine Santucci and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY July 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM</p>
<p>Flooding rains rapidly overwhelmed the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people and prompting a frantic and ongoing rescue effort.</p>
<p>Parents were desperate for news about campers who remain missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls camp at the river's edge. On Friday evening, about two dozen campers were unaccounted for.</p>
<p>The camp is located in central Texas' Kerr County, about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio.</p>
<p>A "24/7" rescue effort was underway, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference Friday evening. Over 200 people were rescued from the floodwaters, said Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Suelzer, the commander of the Texas National Guard.</p>
<p>Record-breaking flooding swept cars and debris after 14 inches of rainfall in San Angelo, Texas on Friday, July 4, 2025.</p>
<p>Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick told reporters Friday that his office has been in contact with the White House multiple times. President Donald Trump told state officials "whatever we need, we will have," Patrick said.</p>
<p>A flood that came with terrifying swiftness</p>
<p>The flooding began sometime after 4:00 a.m., when extreme rains of as much as 12 inches an hour hit, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said in a press conference Friday afternoon.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service issued had issued a flood watch for parts of south-central Texas, including Kerr County, on Thursday. It warned that a slow-moving system could potentially bring major storms to the area.</p>
<p>The rain that fell was even more intense.</p>
<p>At 2:03 a.m. the National Weather service issued its fifth warning of the evening, each of which had been more strident than the last.</p>
<p>This one said "This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses."</p>
<p>Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said he had been jogging along the Guadalupe River trail at 3:30 a.m. and saw only light rain and no signs of flooding.</p>
<p>By 5:00 a.m. officials were beginning to get phone calls, and he and the area fire chief went to a local park to survey the scene.</p>
<p>"Within an hour and a half, [the river] had already risen over 25 feet," Rice said. "Within a matter of minutes it was up to 29 feet."</p>
<p>Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci explained in a post on X that rainfall in the area totaled over 10 inches, but "annual rainfall for this region is about 28-32 inches."</p>
<p>"Imagine 4 months' worth of rain falling in a 6-hour window," he said.</p>
<p>The stretch of the Guadeloupe River near Bergheim, Texas, located about 35 miles north of San Antonio "rose 40 FEET IN 3 HOURS," he added.</p>
<p>‒ Doyle Rice and Elizabeth Weise</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: At least 24 dead in Texas flooding; search for Camp Mystic campers</p>
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