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Fatalities were reported Friday arsenic devastating floods slammed Texas' elevation state with h2o rescues taking spot on the Guadalupe River, officials said.
"Within 45 minutes, the Guadalupe River roseate 26 feet and it was a destructive flood -- taking spot and sadly lives, " Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said astatine a quality league successful the afternoon.
He addressed parents of children astatine Camp Mystic, wherever determination were 700 children astatine summertime campy erstwhile the floods hit. The lieutenant governor, who is acting arsenic politician portion Gov. Greg Abbot is connected vacation, said 20 radical were unaccounted for connected Friday. He said they are praying for each those missing "to beryllium recovered alive," Patrick said.
The campy said successful a statement, work by Patrick, that determination has been a "catastrophic level" of flooding. He told parents watching the quality league that if they person not been contacted, their kid is accounted for astatine this time.
He said this country has respective camps with thousands of children attending for the summer.
Patrick said astir six to 10 bodies person been recovered but the concern is fluid and ongoing.
"Search and betterment efforts are ongoing and volition summation arsenic the waters recede," the metropolis of Kerrville, Texas, said successful a societal media post.
Water rescues proceed on the Guadalupe River successful Kerr County with a fig of section and determination exigency work organizations taking part. The stream roseate 7 feet from midnight Thursday done the aboriginal morning, Kerrville metropolis said. The Guadalupe River astatine Hunt reached its second-highest tallness connected record, higher than the celebrated 1987 flood, the metropolis said, citing the National Weather Service.
Texas issued flash flood emergencies successful 5 counties successful West Texas Friday arsenic Hill Country continues to beryllium slammed by terrible rainfall and flooding.
A flood gauge marks the tallness of h2o flowing implicit a farm-to-market roadworthy adjacent Kerrville, Texas, connected Friday, July 4, 2025.
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Between 5 and 11 inches of rainfall person fallen successful northwestern Bandera County, Central Kerr County, Northeastern Tom Green County, East Central Kerr County, and West Central Kendall County, according to the National Weather Service.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the authorities has mobilized resources to assistance those dealing with the floods.
"Texas is providing each indispensable resources to Kerrville, Ingram, Hunt and the full Texas Hill Country dealing with these devastating floods," Abbott said in a statement. "The State of Texas contiguous has mobilized further resources successful summation to the resources sent successful mentation for the storms. I impulse Texans to heed guidance from authorities and section officials and show section forecasts to debar driving into flooded areas."
Cara Tabachnick is simply a quality exertion astatine CBSNews.com. Cara began her vocation connected the transgression bushed astatine Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports connected justness and quality rights issues. Contact her astatine cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com
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