Texas community prays as rescue workers search for flood survivors

Record ID: 1987292

  • Title: Texas community prays as rescue workers search for flood survivors
  • Date: 6th July 2025
  • Summary: BACK VIEW OF PARISHIONERS CRUCIFIX (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOSE GONZALEZ, 67, PARISHIONER AT NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC CHURCH, SAYING: "I noticed a lot of, a lot of kids, a lot of babies. They were dead yesterday and I feel sorry for the, for the parents family and and and I feel sorry for all the community and I want you to know - we are with them and whatever, whatever we need t
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  • Keywords: Donald Trump Texas deaths disaster flooding killed
  • Location: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
  • City: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA002775206072025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Residents of a Texas community hit by catastrophic floods gathered on Sunday (July 6) to pray for the 67 victims, including 21 children and their families.
    "I'm devastated by what's happened to these families, to this town," Terri Debusk, 81, a parishioner at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerrville, said.
    "We are with them and whatever, whatever we need to do, we're here," Jose Gonzalez, 67, said.
    On Sunday, the search for girls missing from a summer camp, Camp Mystic, entered a third day.
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency was activated on Sunday and is deploying resources to first responders in Texas after President Donald Trump issued a major disaster declaration, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
    (Production: Sandra Stojanovic and Deborah Gembara)
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