Texas Hill Country Floods: 43 Dead, 27 Girls Missing from Camp Mystic

Devastating Hill Country Floods

• ⚠️ The Guadalupe River region, known for its summer camps, is experiencing severe flooding, primarily impacting Kerr County towns like Hunt, Ingram, and Kerrville.
• 📈 The confirmed death toll has risen to 43, a significant increase from previous reports.

Camp Mystic Search and Rescue

• 🏕️ Camp Mystic, a historic Christian summer camp for girls, has been severely affected, with 27 girls still missing.
• 🚁 A continuous 24-hour mission is underway, utilizing ground, water, and air searches to find all missing individuals.
• ⏱️ Governor Greg Abbott has emphasized the urgency, instructing agencies to assume missing individuals are alive and to act with speed, stating that "every minute counts."

Expanded Emergency Declaration

• 🚨 Governor Abbott has expanded the emergency declaration to include Travis and Bernett counties due to similar devastation from the same weather system.
• 🏘️ At least seven people are confirmed dead in this new round of flooding in Austin, with dozens still missing.
• 🌊 Crews have conducted over 40 water rescues in these newly affected areas.
• 🤝 More than 800 people have been rescued overall across the impacted regions.