Despair and anger in Texas flood zone

德克萨斯州洪水区中的绝望与愤怒

Newshour

2025-07-06

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The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, says emergency workers will be relentless in their search for everyone missing after catastrophic flash floods. At least 27 girls from a Christian summer camp are unaccounted for. More than 50 people are known to have died. There is a lot of anger that, for some Texans, official flood warnings came too late. Also in the programme: Israel and Hamas are due to begin indirect talks in Qatar on a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal; and billionaire Elon Musk gives a name to his new political party: "The America Party". (Photo: Houses and cars are partially submerged in flood waters in an aerial view near Kerrville, Texas, US. July 4, 2025. Credit: US Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour Live from the BBC World Service in London.

  • I'm Rebecca Kesby.

  • We begin the programme in Texas, where six million people are still under flood watches,

  • likely to stay in place till later this evening.

  • Meanwhile, the search and rescue operations continue.

  • The authorities are saying that at least 51 people are known to have died, including 15 children.

  • But there are still people missing, including 27 children.

  • Young girls who were on a camping trip with a Christian youth group.

  • Over 800 people have been rescued.

  • but the scale of the disaster and the sheer speed at which it happened is still shocking survivors.

  • Flash floods on Friday, caused by unprecedented heavy rain,

  • saw the Guadalupe River swell by 26 feet, that's eight metres, in just 45 minutes.

  • Residents of the town of Hunt, near Camp Mystic,

  • where the missing girls were swept away, have been trying to help with the search.

  • It's unbelievable.

  • It's a lot.

  • of destruction.

  • Most of the camps are gone.

  • Like, Hunt's gone.

  • We're just trying to keep doing what we can to find our missing.