TX TX-Hunt, Overnight flooding at Camp Mystic, all girls camp. Unknown number of missing. July 4, 2025

[IceIce9]

This kind of "flash flood" can be so scary. I saw one in Nevada, it was not even raining where we were, sunny day. But clouds in the mountains 20 miles away. It rained up in there, and the water came down an Arroyo. It was like a wall of mud, boulders, trees. We were up on a bluff, and watched it. I am amazed any of the people lived through that.

One of the two flash floods I have seen was in Nevada. My dad and I were on high ground and watched as vehicles were washed away in the rushing waters. They looked like Matchbox cars, rapidly tumbling downstream.

 

[EllieFox]

What an awful tragedy. Global warming is making extreme weather events increasingly likely everywhere and that is backed by scientists across the world and that will touch all our lives and our children's lives and be worse for our grandchildren.

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[BayouBelle_LA]

The Kerrville Daily Times is keeping a running list of people reported missing after the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County.

KCSO has also set up its own call center to share information about missing persons with rescue teams. The center can be reached via phone at 830-258-1111 or email at [email protected].

(The 27 girls are not included on the list)

Updated list of missing people after Kerr County flood

The Kerrville Daily Times is keeping a running list of people reported missing after the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County.

dailytimes.com

 

[browneyes]

Just heartbreaking!

 

[iQuill]

 

[Knox]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941686591648358496

 

[Knox]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941684556286792180

 

[mickey2942]

I respect the camp director who died trying to save the lives of the girls at the camp. He gave up his life to save those girls.

Amazing that one girl survived, by getting up on a tree. I hope she isn't too badly hurt. So many snakes and critters in that water. I once saw a log covered with fire ants floating in the water during a flood in Florida.

On "climate change'. I am not sure if this is part of the catastrophe, but people in West Virginia have just barely seen getting things back to a "new normal" and this happens in Texas.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

One girl from Mystic, just 8 years old, floated on a mattress all the way to La Junta. Her cousin happened to be in Nolan’s cabin, and they were able to reunite.

Their mother, Suzanne Shelton, said the family was able to bring both children home safely around 2 a.m., but the experience left them deeply shaken.

“They are resting, but pretty traumatized,” Shelton said.

“It is absolutely heartbreaking to see everything and all the devastation,” Shelton said. “Please continue to pray for all the missing children and their families.”

‘Pretty traumatized’: 14-year-old twins among campers rescued from devastating Texas flooding

Two 14-year-old twins were among the campers rescued in the devastating floods in Texas

www.dakotanewsnow.com

*"I urge every Texan to join me in prayer this Sunday — for the lives lost, for those still missing, for the recovery of our communities, and for the safety of those on the front lines,” he said in a statement.

“The camp was completely destroyed,” said Elinor Lester, 13, one of hundreds of campers. “A helicopter landed and started taking people away. It was really scary.”

Among those confirmed dead were an 8-year-old girl from Mountain Brook, Alabama, who was at Camp Mystic, and the director of another camp just up the road.

One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.

“We still have people coming here looking for their loved ones. We’ve had a little success, but not much,” said Bobby Templeton, superintendent of Ingram Independent School District

Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people. Officials say the death toll is 43 and likely to grow in the hardest-hit

www.corsicanadailysun.com

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/DISASTER_Hill_Country_flood_Day_of_Prayer_IMAGE_07-05-2025.pdf

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[Lore Listener]

One girl from Mystic, just 8 years old, floated on a mattress all the way to La Junta. Her cousin happened to be in Nolan’s cabin, and they were able to reunite.

Their mother, Suzanne Shelton, said the family was able to bring both children home safely around 2 a.m., but the experience left them deeply shaken.

“They are resting, but pretty traumatized,” Shelton said.

“It is absolutely heartbreaking to see everything and all the devastation,” Shelton said. “Please continue to pray for all the missing children and their families.”

‘Pretty traumatized’: 14-year-old twins among campers rescued from devastating Texas flooding

Two 14-year-old twins were among the campers rescued in the devastating floods in Texas

www.dakotanewsnow.com

*"I urge every Texan to join me in prayer this Sunday — for the lives lost, for those still missing, for the recovery of our communities, and for the safety of those on the front lines,” he said in a statement.

“The camp was completely destroyed,” said Elinor Lester, 13, one of hundreds of campers. “A helicopter landed and started taking people away. It was really scary.”

Among those confirmed dead were an 8-year-old girl from Mountain Brook, Alabama, who was at Camp Mystic, and the director of another camp just up the road.

One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.

“We still have people coming here looking for their loved ones. We’ve had a little success, but not much,” said Bobby Templeton, superintendent of Ingram Independent School District

Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people. Officials say the death toll is 43 and likely to grow in the hardest-hit

www.corsicanadailysun.com

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/DISASTER_Hill_Country_flood_Day_of_Prayer_IMAGE_07-05-2025.pdf

27 girls missing as of 20 minutes ago when this article was published. Horrific how the number seems to be rising from 20 yesterday. This whole story is just killing me and I know there are thousands of other parents across the country with babies at camp right now who will not let them out of sight for a while after we pick them up. The WP story about the dad going to his daughter’s empty cabin, walking along the river looking for her then finding someone else’s baby passed away is just soul wrenching.
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[iamshadow21]

I'm trying to find a comprehensive list of known victims, but there doesn't seem to be one yet. I'm scouring a bunch of articles for names confirmed by officials or families.

I'm going to start one and add to it as we hear more.

Renee Smajstrla, 8, Camp Mystic
Sarah Marsh, 8, Camp Mystic
Janie Hunt, 9, Camp Mystic
Jane Ragsdale, 68, Heart O' The Hills (camp director)
Julian Ryan, 27, Ingram (arterial laceration while saving his family)
Katheryn Eads, 52, (camping in an RV)
Blair Harber, 13, (family riverside cabin)
Brooke Harber, 11, (family riverside cabin)
Bobby Martin, 46, (camping in an RV)
Amanda Martin, 44, (camping in an RV)
Lila Bonner, 9, Camp Mystic
Tanya Burwick, 62, San Angelo (car)
Anna Margaret Bellows, 8, Camp Mystic
Eloise Peck, 8, Camp Mystic
Dick Eastland, 74, Camp Mystic (camp director)
Reece Zunker, 36, (riverside cabin)
Paula Zunker, 35/36, (riverside cabin)

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www.independent.co.uk

'A trustee of this treasure': Heart O' The Hills camp director dies in Kerr County flooding

Friends and former campers remember Jane Ragsdale, who attended the camp, then became its leader.

www.keranews.org

'I’m not going to make it' | Man dies saving family from Texas Hill Country floodwaters

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www.khou.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/texas-flood-victims.html

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing from summer camp

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www.nbcnews.com

8-year-old's body recovered in Hill Country floods

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www.kens5.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941730137474527337

True Hero! Rest in Peace.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941722525685203162

" 'This very well may be the worst flood Hunt has ever seen,'
he said.
'The devastation is unbelievable.
How these kids survived, in any of these camps along the river,
is nothing short of a miracle'."

Full grown trees were uprooted during the recent Guadalupe River flood in Kerrville, Texas.

A volunteer searches for survivors in a home that was lifted off its foundation and slammed into a tree during the devastating floods of the Guadalupe Rive in Kerrville, Texas.

 

[Sarahlou]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941684556286792180

So glad she was rescued. Heartbreaking to read that her parents, sister, aunt and uncle were also swept away and haven't been found though

 

[iamshadow21]

MSN

Drone footage of the river

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Texas death toll rises to 51 following flash flooding - as heartbreaking hunt for 27 missing children continues

"The work continues, and will continue, until everyone is found," Larry Leitha, the sheriff of Kerr County insisted late on Saturday.

Texas death toll rises to 70 following flash floods - as heartbreaking hunt for 11 children missing from camp continues | LBC

At least 21 children are among the 70 people confirmed dead after heavy rain saw flash floods rip through areas of southern Texas.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Two girls — 13-year-old Blair and 11-year-old Brooke — were among those killed by the floods, their father told CNN on Saturday night. Harber said Blair “was a gifted student and had a generous, kind heart,” and described Brooke as “like a light in any room, people gravitated to her”.

Ms Fucci filmed on her phone a of muddy water flooding the road to her grandmother's house and two recreational vehicles in a parking lot, with their wheels submerged in water.

"It's indescribable, the sounds, of how loud they were, which turned out to be ... the massive cypress trees that came down along the river," she told a Reuters reporter in an interview the next day.

"I'm still in shock today," Fucci told Reuters news agency. "There's so many missing children and missing people. You just want them to be found for the sake of the families. But, you know, it's not going to be a good ending... There's no way people could have survived the swiftness of the water."

Texas floods latest: Search for missing continues after children among dozens killed

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

www.the-independent.com

Girls from Camp Waldemar, near the North fork of the Guadalupe River, are reconnected with their families

A Sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-06/at-least-51-dead-as-search-continues-for-missing-girls-in-texas-flood

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The search for people swept away by devastating floods in Central Texas, including some two dozen girls from a riverside summer camp, grew increasingly desperate Sunday morning as the death toll climbed to at least 52 and the chances of finding more survivors appeared to dim

“We know we get rains. We know the river rises. But nobody saw this coming,” said Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, the county's chief elected official..

Kelly said he was heartbroken seeing body bags at the funeral home and the devastation on the ground during a helicopter tour.

“The rescue has gone as well as can be expected. It’s getting time now for the recovery,” he said. “And that’s going to be a long, toilsome task for us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/06/us/texas-floods

 

[Serononin]

What an awful, awful tragedy. I hope those searching stay safe, and that there'll be some kind of mental health support in place for them