OAN Staff Abril Elfi 
6:12 PM – Tuesday, July 8, 2025

At least 109 people have now died and at least 161 people are still missing as a result of the devastating floods in central Texas, according to the state’s governor.  

On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) updated the total of unaccounted possible victims after taking a helicopter tour of the affected area, stating that the death toll from the floods — which now stands at 109 — has surpassed the number of Texans that were killed in Hurricane Harvey in 2017, in which 103 people lost their lives.

87 of the deaths occurred in Kerr County, where rescuers are still looking for five girls who remain missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp that has already recorded at least 27 deaths.

“We will not stop until every missing person is accounted for,” Abbott told reporters. “There could very likely be more people added to the list.”

According to Abbott, the updated missing count is “based on persons who have been reported missing by friends, neighbors, and family.”

“Every football team makes mistakes,” the governor said. “The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who’s to blame. The championship teams are the ones that say, ‘Don’t worry, ma’am, we’ve got this.’”

Sgt. Jonathan Lamb of the Kerrville Police Department told reporters that no one has been found alive since Friday in Kerr County. 

As crews persist in sifting through the debris and devastation, Lamb remarked that with each passing moment, “it becomes harder and harder to become optimistic.” He went on to stress that whether the effort is classified as a rescue or a recovery operation, the mission of the responders remains unchanged.

“We’re going to continue to search and look to try to reunite families, because that’s where our focus is; on reuniting families with their missing loved ones and bringing them closure,” Lamb said.

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