More than fifty lives have been lost, including 15 children, in the catastrophic floods that hit Texas. ‘It’s a great tragedy. The strange thing here is that there was no warning for what happened,’ says Tasos Triantafyllis, a Greek resident in the U.S. state. Biblical scenes of destruction have unfolded as unprecedented floods and raging torrents swept away everything in their path. Entire villages have been submerged under water, while rescue teams work tirelessly to locate missing persons. The deadly floods are now being treated as a national tragedy across the United States.
The Fatal Camping Incident in Texas
Tasos Triantafyllis, a Greek living in Texas, has family ties to the owners of the so-called ‘camp of death’ in Texas. Speaking on Mega TV’s show “Exelixeis Tora” on Sunday (July 6, 2025), he shared the harrowing details: ‘I learned yesterday that two little girls from my children’s school were among the missing. One was found dead. We haven’t announced this yet. There is another girl missing, along with the camp supervisor. It’s a huge tragedy. The strange part is that there was no warning about what happened.’
River Guadalupe Rises 8 Meters in an Hour
The Guadalupe River swelled up to eight meters within just one hour, destroying homes and tents in an instant. Desperate people fled to rooftops and trees waiting for helicopters to rescue them. ‘All these debris you see were brought here by a river whose level has now dropped significantly and returned to its usual course,’ reported CBS.
The governor of Texas said more than 850 people have been rescued, and search crews continue to comb over 30 miles of the river. ‘What you see across the river is Mystic Camp. On the left, you can see several cabins and lots of debris. The water must have risen very high… You can see open windows, possibly children trying to escape through them as everything flooded here,’ CNN reported.
Anguish Over Missing Girls at the ‘Camp of Death’
While residents of Kerr County—the hardest-hit area—walk around with tears in their eyes, search efforts focus on the 27 girls who were at Camp Mystic near the riverbank and remain missing after the floods. The camp hosted over 700 children, most of whom were rescued mainly by air.
‘A friend of my daughter told me they were swept away, and seconds later the phone cut off—that’s all we know. So we assume my daughter was also swept away. My son and I were walking and I thought I saw a doll on the road, but it was a small boy, 8 or 10 years old, and he was dead,’ said one father of a missing child.
As floodwaters continued rising toward the top bunks in our cabin, we had only one option—to swim. Two women found an 8-year-old girl among piles of debris. When asked how she survived, the girl explained that her cabin was flooding and someone opened the window, allowing her to somehow jump out.
Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency, enabling immediate mobilization of all available resources. Meanwhile, meteorologists warn of a potential new wave of bad weather.