Monday, 25 May 2026
First responders scan the banks of the Guadalupe River for individuals swept away by flooding in Ingram, Texas, Friday, July 4, 2025. (Michel Fortier/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
23 girls missing after Texas floods sweep through summer camp
KERRVILLE — Texas parents desperately shared photos of their young daughters across social media, pleading for any information, after devastating floods swept through the state’s south-central region overnight, leaving at least 23 campers from an all-girls summer camp missing, according to the AP.
Authorities reported that at least 24 people had died, with many more still unaccounted for, after nearly a foot of rain fell before dawn on Friday, causing the Guadalupe River to overflow. Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told reporters Friday evening that the area, known as Hill Country and famous for its historic summer camps that annually attract thousands of children from across Texas, has been especially hard hit.
State officials stated that 23 to 25 girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian camp located along the river in Hunt, Texas, remained missing. They declined to offer an overall count of missing persons in the region, but confirmed that a large-scale search and rescue operation was in progress, with 237 people rescued so far.
“I’m asking the people of Texas to engage in some serious praying,” said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. “We need everyone on their knees, praying that these young girls are found.”
On Friday afternoon, Texas Game Wardens reported arriving at Camp Mystic and beginning the evacuation of campers who had taken refuge on higher ground.