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July 7, 2025, 6:40 p.m. ET

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Loren Elliott for The New York Times

More Than 100 Dead in Texas Flooding, Including 27 at a Girls’ Camp

The deluge in Central Texas, which began on July 4, has become one of the deadliest floods in the United States in the past 100 years. As time goes on, the chance of finding any still alive dwindles.

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Workers climb through a tangle of flood debris.

Texas officials feared a flood risk to youth camps, but rejected a warning system. →

Three people in a small water craft on a body of water. There are uprooted trees in the foreground.

Terrified girls, helicopters and a harrowing scene: Read a rescuer’s account at Camp Mystic. →

See how fast the floodwaters rose along the Guadalupe River. →

A woman moves a pallet of food in the back of a truck loaded with water and other supplies in Kerrville, Texas.

Here’s how to help the flood victims. →

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