Rain Alerts Halt Search Efforts for People Due to Floods in Texas
People collect debris in areas affected by recent flooding this Wednesday, in Kerrville, Texas, USA. Photo: EFE/Octavio Guzmán
July 13, 2025 Hour: 4:39 pm
New rains and weather alerts halted search efforts on Sunday in Texas, where the death toll from the floods has reached at least 120 and nearly 170 people remain missing after the storms of a week ago, mostly in Kerr County.
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The Police Department of the city of Kerrville, the main affected area, reported in the morning the suspension of search operations on land due to a “high” risk alert of flash floods due to the rise of the Guadalupe River.
“We are seeing heavy rain in Kerrville right now. Volunteer operations are currently suspended until further notice. All volunteers deployed on their own need to heed this alarm and their safety,” the agency said on its social media.
The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast “heavy” rains and “threats of flash floods” for several regions of the United States on Sunday, where “the most intense rainfall” was expected in parts of upstate New York, the Finger Lakes, and central Texas.
Storm and flood alerts from the NWS remained in effect until Sunday afternoon for regions of Texas such as Llano and Cherry Springs.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott asserted that the state was “monitoring all counties with a focus on saving lives,” so there were rescues in the counties of San Saba, Lampasas, and Schleicher, in addition to evictions in Lampasas, Menard, Kimble, and Sutton, additional to those in the affected area of Kerr.
“We are expanding operations in all affected counties, all while monitoring the rising waters in Kerrville,” the governor said on X.
The new rains come as Kerr, on the outskirts of San Antonio, consolidates its position as the scene of one of the biggest disasters in recent U.S. history, following the flash floods a week ago on the Guadalupe River that have left at least 120 dead and still close to 170 missing.
Citizens and authorities continue the search for possible survivors and human remains, although the persistent rainfall has hampered work in the area, which was visited on Friday by President Donald Trump, who has defended the response of his government and that of Texas to the emergency.
Source: EFE
