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The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell

Texas floods: more than 100 people dead and at least 161 still missing

A search and recovery team prepares a fan boat
A search and recovery team prepares a fan boat to launch on the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas, on 8 July 2025. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

Rescue crews continued on Tuesday to comb through parts of the Texas Hill Country devastated by catastrophic flash flooding over the Fourth of July weekend, but with more than 100 dead and hope fading for survivors, efforts have increasingly turned to search and recovery.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll across the six affected counties surpassed 100. Most of the deaths were in Kerr county, where officials said 87 bodies had so far been recovered, including 56 adults and 30 children. Identification was pending for 19 adults and seven children with one additional person still unidentified, county sheriff Larry Leitha told a news conference.

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