Amid staggering loss, hundreds gathered in mourning and prayer at a Wednesday night vigil for the victims of the July Fourth floods.

The devastation in Kerr County is still being tallied, and the road ahead is long. Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. The devastation in Kerr County is still being tallied, and the road ahead is long.

KERRVILLE, Texas — At the all-girls Camp Mystic, along the Guadalupe River, five campers and a counselor are still not accounted for in the aftermath of historic and deadly floods that have upended life in the Texas Hill Country. Gov. Greg Abbott said ...

Several Kerrville Independent School District teachers and staff members drove school buses full of hundreds of campers from Camp La Junta and Camp Mystic to reunification sites on July 4.

Jeff Rockow is a chef and caterer in Dallas who’s volunteering with Mercy Chefs, a faith-based nonprofit feeding victims and first responders in Kerr County.

Alerts were sent as campers slept—but the flood hit fast. Now some are wondering if a warning system would have helped, or was this simply Mother Nature moving too fast to be stopped?

Ted Cruz on July 7 confirmed the National Weather Service had additional manpower the night of deadly flooding in the Hill Country.

Kerrville resident and musician Robert Earl Keen is spearheading a benefit concert to support his hometown after deadly flash flooding.