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Sheriff Gives Update On The Number Of Dead And Missing In Kerr County Area Following Texas Flooding
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7/9/2025
At a press briefing on Wednesday, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha spoke about how many people have died from the flooding in Texas.
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Okay, here's our morning update for July 8th.
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Search efforts continue throughout Kirk County.
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As of 8 a.m. this morning, central time, there are 95 deceased.
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I'm going to kind of break down the numbers for you.
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On adults, there's 59, unidentified 14.
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Children, 36, unidentified 13.
00:40
Camp Mystic currently still has missing five campers and one counselor.
00:47
Officials report there are 161 missing people in Kirk County area.
00:52
Community members are asked not to conduct the remanagement of their property until
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directed by law enforcement.
01:00
There is also no burn ban in Kirk County at this time until further notice.
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Let me give you a visual.
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I know probably all of y'all have been in our community capturing the aftermath of this disaster.
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But with that said, also take note that Kirk County is 1,100 square miles of beautiful but complex hill country.
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There are rural areas that may experience extended response times.
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Areas where cell service is spotty.
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Where the area is single lane bridges and low water crossings.
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Sometimes evacuations is not the safest.
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Sometimes it's better to shelter in place.
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The hill country is not a one size fit all place.
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First responders from emergency services throughout Kirk County promptly responded to the recent emergency as the situation unfolded.
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As with other significant events that our emergency services encountered, this incident will be reviewed.
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You have my word.
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When or if necessary, if improvements need to be made, improvements will be made.
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What I'd like to do right now is kind of give you a breakdown.
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You know, I believe the latest report I had, we over have 2,100 people out here at some capacity on this incident.
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As far as Kirk County Sheriff's Office right now, what our office is currently doing, it's kind of a, it's an all hands on deck.
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Everybody we got are out here, but also we have additional 2,000 plus people helping us.
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But as far as our patrol division, you know, they're right now, they're involved in answering calls.
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Y'all have to remember, we still got day to day calls we have to handle.
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But they're also involved in different kinds of rescue and recovery efforts.
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My CID division, criminal investigation division, is assisting with operations at the funeral home.
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They're also assisting with the identification process.
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My SOD division, special operations division, is in searching through heavy debris with heavy equipment.
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They're distributing assets for the Texas game wardens.
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They're also involved in recovery operations.
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Also, they're working with DPS special agents on all recovery processes.
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And with the volunteer fire departments.
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Our communications is overseeing the communication operation liaison with DPS also.
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Our emergency management, Thomas, is in the EOC center.
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Also with my chiefs, they're both in the EOC center.
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Also with my chiefs, they're both in the EOC center.
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