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Photos: Texas grapples with devastation from deadly flooding

By NPR Staff

Published July 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM EDT

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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 in Hunt, Texas.

Updated July 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM EDT

Search and rescue efforts continue in Central Texas where, since Friday, flash flooding has left at least 78 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

Search and rescue workers dig through debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding in Hunt, Texas.

U.S. Border Patrol officers search through debris after massive flooding along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas.

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

Campers embrace after arriving to a reunification area as girls from Camp Waldemar, near the North fork of the Guadalupe River, are reconnected with their families after heavy rainfall in Central Texas

Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding in Hunt, Texas.

July 5

Officials inspect an area at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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 on as law enforcement and volunteers continue to search for missing people near Camp Mystic.

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

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