Before the Central Texas Floods, the Owners of Camp Mystic Were a Fixture
by Like the Guadalupe River meandering through the cypress trees or the tall rocky bluff with the large Mystic sign welcoming campers, Dick Eastland was a …
Category: Central Texas Floods (July 2025)
A Mother of Five Survived the Flood to Return to a Cabin in Ruins
On Friday, Jaque White, a mother of five, pulled down in her minivan near a debris pile beside the Guadalupe River to assess the damage. …
Texans Offer a Hand and Open Their Hearts as Flood Death Toll Grows
Family and friends said during a memorial service in Houston on Saturday that Chloe Childress, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic who perished in the …
‘We’re Going to Rebuild.’ A Hard-Hit Texas Town Looks to the Future.
An attractive five-building vacation home in Hunt, Texas, situated above a sloping bank on the Guadalupe River, was once owned by Robert Brown, a Dallas …
Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood
Texans have taken pride in and perhaps found some solace in their identity as Texans—strong, silent, stoic, and resilient—in the face of an unimaginable tragedy …
How Did the Number of People Missing After Texas Floods Drop So Drastically?
Why so many individuals were still missing weeks after the devastating floods in Central Texas was one of the most perplexing aspects of the aftermath, …
Number of Missing in Kerr County, Texas, After Floods Drops to 3
The number of missing people in the Texas county hardest hit by the devastating July 4 floods is now just three, a dramatic drop from …
Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?
In the days after the deadly July 4 floods in Central Texas, Megan Newton spent hours sitting outside her parents’ home in Marble Falls, looking …
Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood
Faced with an unfathomable disaster like the July 4 flooding, Texans have found pride, and maybe some comfort in their identity as Texans, strong, silent, …
Texas Floods Bring Grief and Prayer to Local Churches
Scott Warner’s phone beeped loudly with a flash flood warning just before 8 a.m. on Sunday, as storm clouds marched through the Texas Hill Country …