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Texas Flood Victims: What We Know

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Young campers and a camp director were among at least 35 people who have died in the flooding in Central Texas.

An aerial view of a muddy road and an area covered with debris left by a flood.

July 5, 2025Updated 6:08 p.m. ET

The flash flooding on the Guadalupe River in Central Texas has killed at least 35 people, including 14 children. Some two dozen girls from Camp Mystic, an all-girls’ Christian summer camp, are still missing.

Rescuers have been searching the river Saturday, and the death toll is expected to rise. Here’s what we know about those who were killed.

Sarah Marsh

Sarah Marsh, an 8-year-old student at Cherokee Bend Elementary in Mountain Brook, Ala., was one of the campers at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.

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Sarah MarshCredit...The Kerrville Daily Times

In a statement posted online, Stewart Welch, the mayor of Mountain Brook, a suburb of Birmingham, confirmed that Sarah was among those who died in the flood and said the city was heartbroken.

“This is an unimaginable loss for her family, her school and our entire community,” he wrote. “Sarah’s passing is a sorrow shared by all of us, and our hearts are with those who knew her and loved her.”