What was supposed to be a peaceful Fourth of July afternoon turned into a devastating catastrophe for the Texan people affected by the floods that surged 26 feet in a matter of 45 minutes.
The number of fatalities exceeded 100, with Kerrville mayor Joe Herring Jr. disclosing on Monday that local officials โdidnโt even have a warningโ ahead of the floods, the Daily Beast reported. โI did not receive a flood notification. I did not know.
Further, Herring told CNNโs Pamela Brown in anย interviewย Monday through tears, โI think everyone in Kerrville, everyone in Kerr County, wishes we had some way to warn those people,โ โIโve lost two friends. We loved them. And theyโre gone. Theyโre gone.โ
The floods were caused after storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the regionย and the Guadalupe River overflowed into nearby roads.
At a Friday press conference, Texas Emergency Management Chief W. Nim Kidd expressed frustration over the inaccurate weather reports, stating, โthe original forecast that we received Wednesday from the National Weather Service predicted 3-6 inches of rain in the Concho Valley and 4-8 inches in the Hill Country.โ
The floods swept away Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer campย in Kerr County. Campโs nurse Devon Paige shared a video of the girls having fun taken just an hour before the catastrophe struck. At the time of the tragic floods, the camp hosted around 750 girls โ 27 of them lost their lives.
A woman that goes by @kelseycrowder_ on TikTok shared a video of the devastating floods and the moment the river raised.
She captured the video, โFrio River Flood 2025. NATURE. IS. WILD.โ
@kelseycrowder_ Frio River Flood 2025. NATURE. IS. WILD. #FrioRiver #frioriverconcantx #frioriverflood2025 #concanTX #FYP #4thofjulyflood โฌ original sound – KELSEY CROWDER
In the response of the video, many people criticized the removal of flash flood alerts by the National Weather Service.
โThey got rid of the National Weather System so those alerts that say FLASH FLOOD WARNING were not sent out! Some of these occurred like at 4am mind you,โ one person commented.
โImagine if there was a way to warn people in advance,โ another added.
A third person commented, โTexas didnโt have a weather advisory because that fool cut the budget of the national weather service.โ
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