Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 106 deaths, including 36 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.
Search and rescue efforts continue 'around the clock,' Abbott says
State emergency personnel are aiding local search and rescue operations "around the clock" as they search for potential survivors in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said.
Several areas in central Texas and the Hill Country are still under "a threat of heavy rain with the potential to cause flooding," Abbott said in a statement late Monday.
People survey the damage at Guadalupe Keys Resort, an RV park in Center Point, Texas, after flooding, Monday, July 7, 2025.
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"Texans are urged to remain weather aware, heed the guidance of local officials, and regularly monitor weather forecasts," he said.
He added, "Texas will remain engaged until every missing person is found and every Texan recovers from this disaster."
Law enforcement officials block a road along the Guadalupe River as they load an extricated body into the back of a pickup truck in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area.
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Some 20 state agencies have deployed about 1,750 personnel and more than 975 vehicles and pieces of equipment to aid in the search and rescue, according to the governor's office.
Jul 08, 2025, 12:21 AM EDT
Country musician Pat Green's brother and family missing after Texas flood
Country musician Pat Green said his family "suffered a heartbreaking and deeply personal loss" during the flooding in Central Texas.
His wife, Kori Green, shared on social media that Pat Green’s brother John, his wife, Julia, and their two children remain missing after the Kerrville flood over the weekend.
"We are heartbroken and anxiously waiting for all of them to be found," she wrote.
Pat Green performs at the Ryman Auditorium on March 02, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the flooding aftermath at Texas' Camp Mystic -- where at least 27 campers and counselors died amid flooding -- "the most horrible thing I've ever seen."
"The water rose 7 and 8 feet … the cabins are cleaned out, all of the furniture has been pulled out by the current," he told Lindsey David on ABC News Live Prime after touring the campground. "It's heartbreaking."
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (Texas) speaks at a news briefing in Texas' Hill Country near the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas on July 7, 2025.
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Cruz said his daughters have gone to summer camps in Kerr County, in Texas' Hill Country, for 10 years and said just last week, his wife had picked up their youngest daughter from camp.
For now, the focus remains on search and rescue, Cruz said, but in the coming weeks and months, he said he hopes to take a look at the timeline of exactly what happened and when warnings went out to see if something could have been done better.
"There's no doubt, any one of us, if we had a time machine and we could step in it right now, we would run to those girls' cabins and pull them out of the cabins before the floodwaters rose," he said. "And so it's worth asking, what could have been done differently?"
Cruz, who was on a pre-planned trip with his family in Greece on Friday when the floodwaters rose, said he was working the phones almost immediately, calling the governor, other state officials and even President Donald Trump.
"You know, look, people love to play politics. I was overseas on a family vacation when this happened. I was almost immediately on the phone," Cruz said, adding, "And then I booked a flight and came back."
Cruz said he left Sunday morning and arrived in Texas on Sunday night.
Jul 07, 2025, 5:56 PM EDT
Over 100 dead in Texas
Over 100 people have died from flooding in Texas.
Officials are seen in the Guadalupe River as they assist in recovery efforts after a flash flood swept through the area, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.
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The vast majority of the fatalities -- 84 -- were in Kerr County.
Deaths have also been confirmed in Travis, Williamson, Burnet, Tom Green and Kendall counties.
There have been over 850 high-water rescues, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said.
A search and rescue team looks for people along the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, July 7, 2025.
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"Texas will come through this," Cruz said at a news conference.
-ABC News' Vanessa Navarrete and Abigail Shalawylo