UPDATE: Texas Flood Death Toll Rises to 32, Nearly Half Of The Victims Are Children

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This is heartbreaking.

A new report by Texas officials has revealed that at least 32 people have died in Central Texas after flash flooding wreaked havoc in the region.

Nearly half of those who have been reported dead are children.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha reported 27 people are still missing.

AP had more details to share on the death toll:

Rescuers scoured flooded riverbanks littered with mangled trees Saturday and turned over rocks in the search for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others missing after a wall of water blasted down a river in the Texas Hill Country. The storm killed at least 32 people, including 14 children.

Some 36 hours after the floods, authorities have still not given a number of how many people in total are still missing beyond the 27 children from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp along the river.

The destructive fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 meters) in just 45 minutes before daybreak Friday, washing away homes and vehicles. The danger was not over as torrential rains continued pounding communities outside San Antonio on Saturday and flash flood warnings and watches remained in effect.

Searchers used helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims and to rescue stranded people in trees and from camps isolated by washed-out roads.

Watch the latest update here:

BREAKING: Texas flood death toll rises to 32, including 14 children.

This is heartbreaking.

Please keep these grieving families in your thoughts and prayers. pic.twitter.com/DMMbL02PNK

— Merissa Hansen (@merissahansen17) July 5, 2025

CNN had these details to report on what U.S. and state officials are doing:

US Rep. Chip Roy of Texas said state officials are “far from having finished the job” of search, rescue and recovery after deadly floods hit the state.

“We’re all here knowing that we still have work to do. We’re still prayerful, we’re still hopeful,” Roy said during a news conference today.

Authorities say more than 20 girls are still unaccounted for at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas. Roy noted the “heroic efforts of people that worked in those camps, directors of the camps, people who own the camps, who not just risk their lives, gave their lives to try to go save the lives of those kids, that’s who they are as Texans.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem addressed the ongoing federal response to the catastrophic flooding in Texas, emphasizing the urgent need for resources, coordination and continued federal support as the search for missing people intensifies.

In addition to ground efforts, federal officials have requested more aviation assets to aid in aerial search and rescue.

“We, just at the request of a previous conversation less than an hour ago … requested more fixed-wing aircraft from the Coast Guard to come and help us,” Noem said. She added many of the aircraft will be equipped with thermal imaging to allow round-the-clock searches.

“We will be relentless and going after and ensuring that we locate every single person who’s been a victim of this flooding event."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, alongside DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, spoke to reporters before signing a disaster declaration that extends to additional… pic.twitter.com/wqrPvSUWJi

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 5, 2025

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