(7 Jul 2025)
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Hunt, Texas – 6 July 2025
1. Various of Regan Brown walking through his parents’ house that was affected by flood
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Regan Brown, parents’ home affected by flooding:
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"Well, first of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to all those families still searching for information about their loved ones. And lost ones. And in this case, this is my parents house. They’re in their 80s. 11:00 at night, they started having the water rise and come into their house so they were able to escape up the hill and they got word of their neighbor being stuck in her attic so they went over and rendered aid and got her out. She’s 92 years-old. Then they were able to reach their tool shed up higher ground and, neighbors throughout the early morning began to show up at their tool shed, and they all rode it out together."
3. People shoveling mud
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Regan Brown, parents’ home affected by flooding:
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"Well, we’ve been trying to render assistance to our neighbors here and began to pull out things as we can and salvage what we can. Just, general cleanup effort."
5. Following shot of Brown walking through the community as people salvage belongings
6. Mid of neighbors cleaning up
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Regan Brown, parents’ home affected by flooding:
++STARTS IN PREVIOUS SHOT++
"So our neighbor, who’s 92 years-old, we pulled, my parents pulled her out of the attic."
8. Various of people in a kayak passing submerged car by river
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Regan Brown, parents’ home affected by flooding:
++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"She’s never seen anything like it. So this is the highest anybody that we know has ever witnessed the water in this valley."
10. Various of submerged and damaged cars
STORYLINE:
Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people in central Texas.
Regan Brown walked through the flood-ravaged remains of his parents’ home in Hunt, Texas, on Sunday.
His parents, both in their 80s, escaped the rising waters as flash floods swept through the area. They also rescued their 92-year-old neighbor, who was trapped in her attic.
"We’ve been trying to help our neighbors, salvage what we can. Everything’s soaked, five times heavier than normal. It’s a slow process," Brown said.
He said that their elderly neighbor told him she had "never seen anything like this."
"It’s the highest anyone we know has ever seen the water in this valley," said Brown.
Rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain continued their desperate search for the missing, including 10 girls and a counselor from the camp.
For the first time since the storms began pounding the Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said there were 41 people confirmed to be unaccounted for across the state and more could be missing.
In Kerr County, home to Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country, searchers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said in the afternoon.
He pledged to keep searching until “everybody is found” from Friday’s flash floods.
Ten other deaths were reported in Travis, Burnet, Kendall, Tom Green and Williamson counties, according to local officials. The death toll is certain to rise over the next few days, said Col. Freeman Martin of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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