July 2025 Central Texas floods
Heavy flooding near Hunt, Texas, on July 4, 2025 | |
| Cause | Heavy rains due to a mesoscale convective vortex partially fed by the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry |
|---|---|
| Meteorological history | |
| Duration | July 4–7, 2025 (1 month, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
| Flood | |
| Maximum rainfall | 20.33 inches (516.4 mm) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 119+[1] |
| Missing | 173+[2] |
| Areas affected | Texas Hill Country, Central Texas (especially Kerr County), Guadalupe River Watershed |
Beginning from Independence Day (July 4) 2025, severe thunderstorms and flash floods caused a very devastating flooding event which went on for several days.[3] These flooding events happened in Central, Western and Southern Texas.[4]
The flooding was triggered in part by the low that had been Tropical Storm Barry. The cyclone struck Northeastern Mexico.
Between four and five months of rainfall occured in just a few hours. In one case, the waters of a river rose by about 8 metres (26 ft) in about 45 minutes.
The death toll from the flooding in Central, Southern and Western Texas was way beyond 100. The overall toll was likely to increase.
This flood was the deadliest inland flooding event in the United States since the 1976 Big Thompson River flood, surpassing flooding from Hurricane Helene in 2024.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Adams, Christopher (July 9, 2025) [July 6, 2025]. "MAP: Where have flash flooding fatalities been confirmed in Texas?". kxan.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Texas flooding live updates: Death toll rises to 119, including Camp Mystic children, after flash floods". NBC News. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ↑ "How to Help the Victims of the Central Texas Floods". The Statesman of Austin, Texas. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Ted Cruz was Vacationing in Greece as Floods Devastated Texas". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ↑ Erdman, Jonathan (July 7, 2025). "Texas Flood Was America's Deadliest Rainfall Flash Flood In 49 Years". The Weather Channel. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ↑ Vertuno, Jim; Lathan, Nadia; Seewer, John (July 8, 2025). "More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says". Miami, Florida: WPLG. Associated Press. Retrieved July 9, 2025.