A rescue task force from Nevada was on the ground in Kerrville, Texas on Friday (July 11) to assist in the search for victims of last Friday’s flash floods.

A dozen states have dispatched search teams to Kerr County, where the majority of the victims perished when torrential rains sent a wall of water raging down the Guadalupe River in the predawn hours of July 4.

At least 120 people have been killed, and dozens remain missing.

At least 96 people, including 36 children, died in Kerr County and 161 people remain unaccounted for.

The dead included 27 campers and staff members from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer retreat on the banks of the river.

Kerr County sits at the heart of what is known as "flash flood alley" in central Texas, a region that has seen some of the country's deadliest floods.

More than a foot of rain fell in less than an hour early on July 4. Flood gauges showed the river's height rose from about a foot to 34 feet (10.4 meters) in a matter of hours, cascading over its banks and sweeping away trees and structures in its path.

Authorities in Kerr County have faced questions about whether more could have been done in the early hours of July 4 to alert residents about the rising floodwaters and get some of them to higher ground.

The county declined to install an early-warning system years ago after failing to secure state grant money to cover the cost.

The state legislature will convene in a special session later this month to investigate the flooding and provide disaster relief funding.

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KERRVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES (JULY 11, 2025) (REUTERS – ACCESS ALL)

1. VIEW OF GUADALUPE RIVER/ RUSHING WATERS

2. RESCUE VEHICLE TOWING A BOAT

3. NEVADA TASK FORCE GATHERED IN PARKING LOT

4. CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF TASK FORCE MEMBERS AS THEY PREPARE TO BEGIN MISSION

5. SMALL GROUP WALKING AWAY TO BEGIN SEARCH MISSION

6. VIEW OF RIVER

7. TASK FORCE WALKIING ALONG RIVERBANK

8. VIEW OF GUADALUPE RIVER