{"id":20560,"date":"2025-07-08T00:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=20560"},"modified":"2025-07-08T00:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:19:43","slug":"live-updates-at-least-79-dead-as-search-efforts-intensify-after-texas-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=20560","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: At least 79 dead as search efforts intensify after Texas floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"442\"><strong data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"163\">Tragedy in Central Texas: 79 Lives Lost in Historic Flash Floods<\/strong><br data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"166\" \/>A devastating flash flood ripped through Central Texas this weekend, killing at least 79 people\u2014many of them children\u2014after the Guadalupe River surged over 25 feet in minutes. Kerr County was hit hardest, with camps, homes, and ranches swept away before anyone could evacuate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"773\"><strong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"473\">Heartbreak at Camp Mystic<\/strong><br data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"476\" \/>Among the dead are 28 children, with at least 11 still missing from Camp Mystic. Survivors say the water rose from ankle-deep to rooftop-level in under ten minutes, catching hundreds off guard. First responders have rescued over 230 people since Friday, battling cell outages and impassable roads.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"1055\"><strong data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"813\">Federal Aid &amp; Renewed Flood Threat<\/strong><br data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"816\" \/>President Trump signed a disaster declaration unlocking FEMA relief for the hardest-hit areas. Meanwhile, forecasters warn of more rain and renewed flood risk across the Hill Country, urging residents to stay off roads and obey barricades.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1402\"><strong data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1088\">How to Help &amp; Stay Informed<\/strong><br data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1091\" \/>The Hill Country United Way has launched a relief fund, and volunteers can register via <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/crisiscleanup.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1225\">crisiscleanup.org<\/a>. Families searching for loved ones can call the 24\/7 hotline at 830-555-2025. Officials remind the public: the river remains deadly\u2014don\u2019t return home until given the all-clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy in Central Texas: 79 Lives Lost in Historic Flash FloodsA devastating flash flood ripped through Central Texas this weekend, killing at least 79 people\u2014many of them&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Live updates: At least 79 dead as search efforts intensify after Texas floods -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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