Posted on 07/07/2025 5:54:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
Texas's Division of Emergency Management predicted the number of dead as a result of catastrophic flooding in Kerrville on July 4 would top 100, Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
In an email sent out Saturday, the state disaster office told partners the number of dead would surpass 100, two different sources confirmed to Daily Mail.
The estimate of the dead is vastly different than the message state officials are projecting publicly, insisting that they are still searching for people who are alive, and refusing to say rescue efforts have shifted to recovery of remains.
'Our state assets and local partners are continuing to search for live victims,' the head of TDEM Nim Kidd told reporters at a press conference Saturday.
'Our hope and prayer is that there is still people alive that are out there.'
As of Sunday morning, 69 had been confirmed dead, and 11 girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic are missing.
Of the dead, 46 are adults and 21 are children, local officials said.
Additionally, DNA testing will be used to help identify the remains of the flood victims, a state source told Daily Mail.
Families have been asked for blood draws or other records to help identify the bodies of loved ones who have been recovered.
Relatives of the missing have started arriving in the Kerrville area from across the Lone Star State to provide investigators with DNA samples.
More is emerging about the victims, including those lost at Camp Mystic.
The all-girl's Christian camp hosted 700 campers, including Lila Bonner and Eloise Peck of Dallas.
Their parents were told the devastating news that their girls, described as 'best friends,' had died in the flood waters.
Some of those who are missing or died at Camp Mystic are connected to wealthy families in Highland Park.
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Very sad, prayers for the victims and their families.
So sad and tragic. Prayers up for all the families.
They just want the rescuers to give up.
They found two girls in a tree - where there are two, there could be more.
That story was retracted.
This is heart breaking.
“Some of those who are missing or died at Camp Mystic are connected to wealthy families”
WTF does this have to do with anything??? What sort of pos writes this crap?
MARYANN MARTINEZ, TEXAS BUREAU CHIEF
Yes, it is OK when girls from rich, white families from Highland Park die. These people are deranged.
I am not sure how the annual income of the families of the missing girls is relevant. This is a tragic event. I cannot imagine sending my child off to a summer camp and have a good deal of the camp just get swept away in a torrent of mud, rocks, and tree branches.
If they are asking for DNA and dental records to ID these people, it gives you a good sense of what they are dealing with.
This is heartbreaking.
How horrific for all involved. Continued prays for strength for families of the victims and first responders, search crews, police, etc.
From the Guardian, a UK news site:Texas’s Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floods https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/texas-floods-summer-camp-death-toll-victims
And already garbage mouthed ‘folks’ are making racist comments over ‘white privileged’ kids.
... insisting that they are still searching for people who are alive, and refusing to say rescue efforts have shifted to recovery of remains ...
.... Some of those who are missing or died at Camp Mystic are connected to wealthy families ...
Stuff it, DM!!!
NEVER give up hope ... prayers continue for MORE rescues.
And....why even mention ‘wealth’ ???
Oh, because you’re a leftist/commie spewing outlet who just can’t help yourselves.
...and had the children been anything but ‘white’, which we don not know for sure anyway, they would have been screaming ‘RACISM!’ from the rooftops...........
A friend of ours is a retired LEO who is volunteering in this effort.
His assignment is, sadly, cadavers.
Some of these bodies have been under water, tangled in debris, for several days, now.
Just horrific. We are staying in constant prayer for him and all who are dealing with this tragedy.
Yeah, well anyway they fired that mayoral aide who said that.
He really had no choice.
She will be aptly rewarded elsewhere...................
Cheer DemonRATs! Cheer, you RAT bastards.
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