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- Texas floods death toll creeps up as search and rescue continues</p>
<p>July 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM</p>
<p>(Reuters) -The death toll in Kerr County crept up to 87 on Tuesday as search and rescue efforts continued in flood-ravaged central Texas, according to officials in the county worst hit by the disaster, which has killed more than 100 people.</p>
<p>Torrential rains before dawn on Friday deluged the Guadalupe River, which burst its banks and killed dozens of people, leaving behind mangled piles of debris, trees and cars.</p>
<p>At least 56 adults and 30 children have been killed in Kerr County, Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a press conference, with more than two dozen victims yet to be identified. Authorities have not determined if the 87th victim was an adult or child.</p>
<p>Some of the victims were spending their summer at Camp Mystic near the river's banks, and five children and one camp counsellor were still unaccounted for on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Local officials have faced angry questions about whether they could have warned people of dangerous flash floods in Texas Hill Country sooner.</p>
<p>Rescue teams from neighboring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to search for survivors, which have been hindered by thunderstorms.</p>
<p>"The work is extremely treacherous, time-consuming," Lieutenant Colonel Ben Baker of the Texas Game Wardens said at the press conference. "It's dirty work. The water is still there."</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump plans to visit the devastated region this week, a spokesperson said.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York and Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Rod Nickel)</p>
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