The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas increased to 78 on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
The victims include 28 children as the search for girls missing from a summer camp continued and fears of more flooding prompted evacuations of volunteer responders.
The sheriff of Kerr County in Texas Hill Country, Larry Leitha, said 68 people had died in flooding in his county, the epicenter of the flooding, among them 28 children.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, speaking at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, said another 10 had died elsewhere in Texas and confirmed 41 were missing.
President Donald Trump sent his condolences to the victims and said he would probably visit the area on Friday.
Trump’s administration had been in touch with Abbott, Reuters reported.
“It’s a horrible thing that took place, absolutely horrible. So we say, God bless all of the people that have gone through so much, and God bless, God bless the state of Texas,” he told reporters as he left New Jersey.
Among the most devastating impacts of the flooding occurred at Camp Mystic summer camp, a nearly century-old Christian girls camp where 10 Camp Mystic campers and one counselor were still missing, according to Leitha.
