Fatalities & Missing Victims

Fatalities & Missing Victims


🌊 Flooding Details

  • Over 10 inches of rain fell in just hours, sending the Guadalupe River surging—up to 26–29 feet—in under an hour english.news.cn+15people.com+15thetimes.co.uk+15.

  • The event was declared a “once-in-a-century” flash flood by experts, striking before dawn with insufficient evacuation time aljazeera.com.


🚨 Rescue & Recovery Operations


🙏 Community Impact

  • Among the deceased are children, camp staff (including counselors and directors), and local residents .

  • Families, grieving for missing daughters, are gathering at reunification centers and hotlines, supported by state and federal agencies indiatoday.in+5fox4news.com+5aljazeera.com+5.

  • Officials emphasize the unprecedented nature of the event and urge continued assistance and patience as recovery efforts endure aljazeera.com+2people.com+2apnews.com+2.


📝 Summary

  • 43 confirmed deaths in Kerr County (15 of them children), plus 6 more in adjacent counties.

  • 27 Camp Mystic campers remain missing.

  • The flood was catastrophic—a rapidly-rising river unleashed early Saturday morning with little warning.

  • Massive rescue operations are still under way.

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