An American flag sits on a destroyed bridge over the Guadalupe River at Arcadia Loop and Bear Creek Road after flooding in Kerrville, Texas on Wednesday , July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
   

 

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  Texas Floods Death Toll Reaches 120 as Recovery Efforts Begin

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CENTRAL TEXAS – Authorities confirmed that at least 120 people have died in the central Texas floods Live updates: Texas flooding death toll, latest on Camp Mystic, FEMA bureaucratic obstacles | CNN, making this one of the deadliest flooding events in the state's recent history. Rescue operations are beginning to shift to recovery phase Texas floods: Death toll rises to 120 as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase as emergency responders work to locate the missing and assess the widespread damage.

Search and Rescue Operations Continue

The search and rescue efforts are intensifying for more than 160 people who remain missing days after flash floods killed more than 100 people in central Texas Photos: Before-and-after satellite images show extent of Texas flooding destruction : The Picture Show : NPR. The flooding began on July 4th weekend when torrential rains dumped up to 10 inches of precipitation in a matter of hours Texas Floods 2025: A Catastrophic Deluge in the Hill Country - Nri Globe across the Texas Hill Country region.

Camp Mystic Tragedy

Among the victims are children attending Camp Mystic in Kerr County. 8-year-old twins Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence died in the flooding at Camp Mystic July 7, 2025: News on deadly Texas floods | CNN, according to their family. Greta Toranzo, another Camp Mystic attendee, was also killed in the Kerr County flooding July 8, 2025.

Damage Assessment

New satellite imagery collected on July 8 shows the aftermath of the devastating flood along the Guadalupe River Photos: Before-and-after satellite images show extent of Texas flooding destruction : The Picture Show : NPR, revealing the extensive destruction across the region. Emergency management officials are working to provide immediate relief to affected communities.

Policy Response

County officials had pressed the state for flood warning systems for nearly a decade but without luck As Texas floodwaters recede, lawmakers grapple with emergency preparedness | Floods News | Al Jazeera, raising questions about emergency preparedness as lawmakers grapple with the response to this disaster.

This is a developing story. Emergency responders continue working around the clock as Texas communities begin the long process of recovery from this devastating natural disaster.







 


 

                      

 
 

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