Texas flood: stories of survival and pleas for help finding missing loved ones

<p>More than 850 people had been rescued by Saturday, yet scores remain missing with families asking for information</p><p>Reports are beginning to emerge of extraordinary stories of survival from the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/texas-flood-recovery-dozens-dead-children-missing">Texas Hill Country floods</a>, even as the official death toll continued mounting, reaching at least 27 on Saturday.</p><p>A young woman was dramatically rescued after she was carried 12 miles down the Guadalupe River by raging flood waters, and <a href="https://x.com/News4SA/status/1941306053611618330/photo/1">later pictured clinging to branches of a tree</a>. The woman – who has not been identified publicly – was rescued, <a href="https://x.com/News4SA/status/1941306053611618330">News 4 San Antonio</a> reported.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/texas-flood-survival-pleas-for-help-missing">Continue reading...</a>