{"id":4331,"date":"2025-07-07T16:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:46:49","slug":"the-nightmare-in-texas-is-far-from-over-as-floodwaters-slowly-recede-the-death-toll-is-expected-to-climb-past-100-and-the-most-devastating-part-is-just-beginning-grieving-families-are-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4331","title":{"rendered":"The nightmare in Texas is far from over. As floodwaters slowly recede, the death toll is expected to climb past 100\u2014and the most devastating part is just beginning. Grieving families are being urgently called to Kerrville, not to reunite with loved ones, but to identify bodies through DNA. Parents, siblings, and children are arriving in tears, clutching photos, praying it\u2019s not their worst fear confirmed."},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas<\/span>\u2018s 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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The estimate of the dead is vastly different than the message state officials are projecting publicly, insisting that they are\u00a0still searching for people who are alive<\/span>, and refusing to say rescue efforts have shifted to recovery of remains.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our state assets and local partners are continuing to search for live victims,\u2019 the head of TDEM\u00a0W. Nim Kidd told reporters at a press conference Saturday.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Our hope and prayer is that there is still people alive that are out there.\u2019<\/p>\n

As of Sunday morning, 69 had been confirmed dead, and 11 girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic are missing.<\/p>\n

Of the dead, 46 are adults and 21 are children, local officials said.<\/p>\n

Additionally, DNA testing will be used to help identify the\u00a0remains of the flood victims,<\/span>\u00a0a state source told Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Families have been asked for blood draws or other records to help identify the bodies of loved ones who have been recovered.<\/p>\n

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Lila Bonner and Eloise Peck, Dallas residents who were at Camp Mystic, have been identified as being among the dead in flooding in Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Richard \u2018Dick\u2019 Eastland, director of Camp Mystic, has also been confirmed dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Relatives of the missing have started arriving in the Kerrville area from across the Lone Star State to provide investigators with DNA samples.<\/p>\n

More is emerging about the victims, including those lost at Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n

The all-girl\u2019s Christian camp hosted 700 campers, including\u00a0Lila Bonner and Eloise Peck of Dallas.<\/p>\n

Their parents were told the devastating news that their girls, described as \u2018best friends,\u2019 had died in the flood waters.<\/p>\n

Some of those who are missing or died at Camp Mystic are connected to wealthy families in Highland Park.<\/p>\n

Known as the Beverly Hills of Dallas, Highland Park and neighboring Park Cities are home to many of missing girls who belong to prominent families.<\/p>\n

Some have ties to Highland Park United Methodist Church \u2013 whose most famous member is former President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

\u2018This crisis affects many our HPUMC family and our local Park Cities community, including generations of women and families touched by Camp Mystic,\u2019 wrote Highland Park United Methodist Church head pastor Paul Rasmussen.<\/p>\n

\u2018One of the girls unaccounted for, Hadley Hanna, is a part of our church family. Please pray for her safety and for her parents, Doug and Carrie, along with her two sisters.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A woman searches the area, following flash flooding, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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First responders from College Station Fire Department search along the banks of the Guadalupe River, as rescue efforts continue following extreme flooding, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Ingram, Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over 300 people attended a prayer vigil at the church Saturday in support of the flood victims.<\/p>\n

A hotline has been established for anyone who is looking for loved ones.<\/p>\n

Relatives are asked to call\u00a0830-258-1111 with information of the missing, including their last known location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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