{"id":2271,"date":"2025-07-08T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/texas-flood-toll-tops-100-as-rescuers-race-to-find-the-missing\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T01:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:11:12","slug":"texas-flood-toll-tops-100-as-rescuers-race-to-find-the-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/texas-flood-toll-tops-100-as-rescuers-race-to-find-the-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas flood toll tops 100 as rescuers race to find the missing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man searches the area, following flash flooding, in Hunt, Texas, on July 6, 2025. — Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas surged past 100 on Monday, as rescue teams waded through wreckage and rising waters in a desperate search for those still missing after days of relentless downpours.<\/p>\n

Among the dead were at least 27 girls and counsellors who were staying at a youth summer camp on a river when disaster struck over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

Forecasters have warned of more flooding as rain falls on saturated ground, complicating recovery efforts involving helicopters, boats and dogs, as the number of victims is expected to rise still.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump is planning to visit Texas on Friday, the White House said, as it slammed critics claiming his cuts to weather agencies had weakened warning systems.<\/p>\n

“Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie, and it serves no purpose during this time of national mourning,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday.<\/p>\n

She said the National Weather Service, which The New York Times reported had several key roles in Texas unfilled before the floods, issued “timely and precise forecasts and warnings.”<\/p>\n

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Trump has described the floods that struck in the early hours of Friday as a “100-year catastrophe” that “nobody expected.”<\/p>\n

The president, who previously said disaster relief should be handled at the state level, has signed a major disaster declaration, activating fresh federal funds and freeing up resources.<\/p>\n

Tragedy<\/p>\n

Kerr County in central Texas has been hardest hit of the counties devastated by the floods, with 56 adults and 28 children killed, according to the local sheriff´s office.<\/p>\n

They include the 27 who had been staying at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp that was housing about 750 people when the floodwaters struck.<\/p>\n

Camps are a beloved tradition in the long US summer holidays, with children often staying in woods, parks and other rural areas.<\/p>\n

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz described them as a chance to make “lifetime friends — and then suddenly it turns to tragedy.”<\/p>\n

In a terrifying display of nature’s power, the rain-swollen waters of the Guadalupe River reached treetops and the roofs of cabins as girls at the camp slept.<\/p>\n

Blankets, teddy bears and other belongings were caked in mud. Windows in the cabins were shattered, apparently by the force of the water.<\/p>\n

Volunteers were helping search through debris from the river, with some motivated by personal connections to the victims.<\/p>\n

“We’re helping the parents of two of the missing children,” Louis Deppe, 62, told AFP. “The last message they got was ‘We’re being washed away,’ and the phone went dead.”<\/p>\n

Months’ worth of rain fell in a matter of hours on Thursday night into Friday, and rain has continued in bouts since then.<\/p>\n

The Guadalupe surged around 26 feet (eight meters) — more than a two-story building — in just 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Flash floods, which occur when the ground is unable to absorb torrential rainfall, are not unusual in this region of south and central Texas, known colloquially as “Flash Flood Alley.”<\/p>\n

Human-driven climate change has made extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heat waves more frequent and more intense in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A man searches the area, following flash flooding, in Hunt, Texas, on July 6, 2025. — Reuters The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas surged past 100 on Monday, as rescue teams waded through wreckage and rising waters in a desperate search for those still missing after days of relentless downpours. Among the dead…<\/p>\n

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