(AP/KXAN) – A beloved director of Texas Summer Camp for Girls. An Alabama primary student away from home. A woman was found dead after intensive discovery. These are some of some of the dozens of victimsDisastrous floodin Texas.
Floods originated in Central Texas Rapid water On Friday, more than 70 people were killed on the Gwadalup River, including 15 children. Officials say that search and rescue efforts are still going on for girls missing from a summer camp.
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People react as they inspect an area outside the sleeping quarters at the camp Mystic on the banks of the Guadalupa River, which was swept away by a flash flood through the area in Hunt, Texas on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortage) -
Crews work to clean the debris from the Cad Loop Bridge along the Guadalup River in Texas on Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Rhodolfo Gonzalaz) -
Authorities were swept away through the area in Hunt, Texas on Saturday, July 5, 2025 after a flash flood through the banks of the Gwadalup River. (AP Photo/Julio Cortage) -
People relax each other outside the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library in Kevilla, after heavy rains, the Gwadalup River flooded and damaged several communities in Central Texas, Saturday, Saturday, July 5, 2025. -
Authorities discovered the camp on the basis of the camp on the banks of the Gwadalup river after a flash flood on Sunday, July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortage) -
Camp Waldamer hugs campers after arriving in a reunion area as girls from the northern fork of the Gwadalupa River, after heavy rains in Central Texas after heavy rains, re -join their families, Saturday, 5 July, 2025. -
Viewers run in Lewis Hayes Park on the banks of the Guadalup River, Saturday, on July 5, 2025 in Kerville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rhodolfo Gonzalaz) -
A Sheriff Deputy Stop stopping on Saturday, July 5, 2025 on Saturday, July 5, 2025, combing the banks of the Gwadalup River near the area on July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortage) -
People look at the debris on the banks of the Gwadalup River, which was swept away after a flash flood on Saturday, July 5, 2025 through the area in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortage)
Jane ragsdel
68 -year -old Jane Ragsdel dedicated his life to the Hills Camp, a summer camp for girls at Texas Hill Country. She was a tourist and counselor herself in the 1970s before she became a co-owner. By the 1980s, she was the director of the camp at Hunt.
“That was the heart of the heart,” the camp said in a statement. “That was our guide light, our example and our safe place. He had a rare gift of loving every person, feeling loving and making important.”
Since the camp was in the midst of sessions, no children were living there when the flood waters rose. Camp facilities, directly on the flood route, were damaged on a large scale and access to the site remained difficult, according to the camp officials. The camp has existed since the 1950s.
Camp officials said Ragsdale would be remembered for his strength and knowledge.
“We are breaking hearts. But above, we are grateful,” the camp said. “It is grateful to know him, learned from him, and to take him forward.”
County County Historical Commission, in the 2015 oral history for Ragsdel, whose first name was Synthi, but went to the middle name from Jane, talked about how his father was also a camp director and how much he enjoyed his experiences.
“I first loved every minute of the camp when I set foot in one,” he missed.
Ragsdel’s video sang a guitar and campers and posted in a memorial on the Facebook page of the camp during the recent session: “Life Today Today.
Sara Marsh
Sarah Marsh, eight -year -old from Alabama, was participatingCamp Mistic in TexasFor a long time Christian girls camp in hunting, where many other people were killed in the flood. By Sunday, afternoon, 11 children were still missing.
Marsh was a student in the Cherokee Bend Elementary in the suburban Birmingham.
“This is an unimaginable loss for his family, his school and our entire community,” Mountain Brook Mayor Stewart Welch said. “Sara’s passing is a grief shared by all of us, and our hearts are with those who knew and loved him.”
He said that the community – where around 20,000 people live – will rally behind the Marsh family as they were unhappy.
Her parents rejected an interview request on Sunday, as they mourned this unbearable loss, “The girl’s grandmother, Debbie Ford Marsh told the Associated Press in an email.
“We will always feel that in our life it will be blessed for this beautiful spunty ray of light. He will stay in our hearts forever!” Marsh wrote on Facebook. “We love you very much, dear Sara!”
He refused further comments.
Alabama’s American Sen Katie Britry also paid attention to the sad death of the girl.
In a post on social media platform X, he said, “We continue praying for the loved ones of the victims, the survivors, who are still missing, and our brave are the first to search and rescue efforts in Texas,” he said in a post on social media platform X.
Tanya barvik
The last time Tanya Barwick’s family heard about him that there was a frenzy phone call about flood waters as she was leading to work in a Walmart on Friday in the San Angelo region. When the barvic did not appear for work, his employer filed a report of a missing persons and sent a colleague to search for him.
The police, investigating the disappearance of 62 -year -old, was completely submerged that the uninhabited SUV of Barvik that was completely submerged that day. His body found a block from the vehicle the next morning.
Lindsay Bervik said, “He burnt the room and there was a laugh that others used to laugh.”
He and his brother Zack said that the day was especially difficult because it was on the fourth July because they were working at a fireworks stand which has been in the family for generations. As a term of Tanya Barvik’s disappearance, a small community of about 250 people, Blackwell, was shown to the stand which has gone out of a trailer painted orange.
“People came to help us,” Lindsay Bervik said.
Police at San Angelo said that more than 12,000 houses, barn and other buildings have been affected by the floods of about 100,000 people.
The San Angelo Police Department said in a Facebook post, “We ask that the public has continued to maintain the Barvik family in their thoughts and prayers as they navigate this heartbreaking tragedy.”
Blair and Brook Harbor
At St. Rita Catholic School in Dallas, both students Blair and Brooke Harbor, according to the school, were living with the Gwadalup River when their cabins were swept away.
Pastor Joshua J. of St. Rita Catholic community. Whitfield, who shares a campus with the school, stated that the parents of the girls, Annie and RJ Harbor, were living in a separate cabin and were safe. However, his grandparents were unaware of the grandfather. Annie Harbor has been a teacher at school for a long time.
Blair went to eighth grade, while Brook was a sixth grader.
Whitfield wrote in a letter to Parisian on Saturday, “We will respect Blair and Brook’s life, the lights shared by him, and the happiness they had brought to all they knew them.” “And we will surround Annie, RJ and their extended family with the strength and support of their St. Rita community.”
The Church conducted a special prayer service on Saturday afternoon and offered counseling.
Whitfield wrote, “Please keep the Harbor family in your prayers during this time of intense grief.” “Our beliefs, our love, and our St. Rita community can be a source of strength and comfort in the coming days.”
Leela Bonor
The family of Camper Leela Bonner confirmed KXAN of Nexstar on Saturday that she was one of the people killed in the flood. In a statement, his family said, “We hurt all those who love her and are doing endless prayers to be spared to this tragic loss for others.”
Linni McCon
Astinite Michael McCon posted on Instagram that his daughter, Lunni, did not survive the floods in the Mystic Camp.
McCon said on Instagram, “This is with the heaviest hearts, we should share that our beloved little linni is with the Lord in heaven.” “He filled our hearts with great joy that we cannot start explaining.”
Kelly Willy and Sally Hernandez of KXAN contributed to this report.
