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Photos: Texas grapples with devastation from deadly flooding

By NPR Staff

Published July 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM CDT

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A large truck is impaled onto a tree after flash flooding on the bank Guadalupe River on July 5, 2025 in Center Point, Texas.

Updated July 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM CDT

Search and rescue efforts continue in Central Texas where, since Friday, flash flooding has left at least 67 people dead. Survivors of the disaster say the dramatic rise of the Guadalupe River came as a surprise.

Most of the victims are from Kerr County, where children's summer camps are popular. Eleven children attending a girls' summer camp are missing.

President Trump said on Truth Social he has signed a disaster declaration to give more resources to Kerr County, Texas, in the wake of the flooding.

"These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing," he wrote.

July 6

People react as they inspect an area outside sleeping quarters at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.

July 5

A view inside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, where 11 girls remain missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025.

A Sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.

A Camp Mystic mailbox is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area .

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

People look at debris on the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the areain Hunt, Texas.

A view of Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025. — A view inside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, where 11 girls remain missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025.

Flood waters left debris including vehicles and equipment scattered in Louise Hays Park in Kerrville, Texas.

Debris rests on a bridge over the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Ingram, Texas.

July 4

A raging Guadalupe River leaves fallen trees and debris in its wake in Kerrville, Texas.

Families are reunited at a reunification center after flash flooding hit the area in Ingram, Texas

Boerne search and rescue team members prepare their Zodiac boat for operations on the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Comfort, Texas.

Onlookers survey damage caused along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Kerrville, Texas.

Debris is left behind by a raging Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas.

First responders deliver people to a reunification center after flash flooding in the area in Ingram, Texas.

A man surveys damage left by a raging Guadalupe River n Kerrville, Texas. — A man surveys damage left by a raging Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas.

Trees emerge from flood waters along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas.

Kerrville resident Leighton Sterling watches flood waters along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas.

A helicopter flies over the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Kerrville, Texas.

Families line up at a reunification center after flash flooding it the area in Ingram, Texas. — Families line up at a reunification center after flash flooding hit the area in Ingram, Texas.