Over 100 Dead, Dozens Still Missing As Texas Recovers from Unprecedented Flooding

KQED's Forum

KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The flooding in Central Texas over the Fourth of July holiday has claimed more than 100 lives and caused widespread destruction across six counties. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing, with teams from across the country — including California — joining the response. We get on-the-ground updates, hear how rescue operations are going and as extreme weather events become more common, we look at whether this could happen in California. Guests: Hayley Smith, reporter focusing on extreme weather, Los Angeles Times Lucio E Vasquez, breaking news reporter, Texas Newsroom Greg Porter, senior newsroom meteorologist, San Francisco Chronicle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for KQED podcasts comes from San Francisco International Airport.
0:05.0	Now you can experience premium valet parking to make your airport visit even smoother.
0:10.0	Learn more at flysfo.com slash valet.
0:13.4	Everything is getting more expensive, rent, groceries, insurance.
0:18.0	And because California's excessive ride share insurance laws attract litigation
0:21.7	abused by billboard lawyers, costs are going up for everyone.
0:26.6	Bogus claims and inflated settlements drive up state-required insurance costs, which make
0:31.6	up nearly a third of your Uber ride fare.
0:34.6	Join our fight to protect your access to affordable rides. Go to uber.com for slash
0:40.2	fare dash insurance to learn more. From KQBD in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, more teams from California are being sent to Texas to aid in search and recovery efforts after devastating floods last weekend.
1:13.2	More than 160 people are still missing as the death toll reaches 120.
1:18.7	We get on the ground updates this hour and look at the factors that made the floods so destructive and deadly,
1:24.0	including questions about the local response in Kerr County where the worst of the flooding
1:27.9	and most of the deaths occurred. Could a similar catastrophe happen here in California? We explore
1:34.4	that too after this news. I'm I'm I'm
1:45.0	The
1:46.0	To Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Vigils and services are being held for the dead and the missing from the catastrophic Texas floods, including here in California for a Marin family, Sarah and Mark Walker and their son Johnny, who were in central Texas when floodwaters inundated the area last weekend.
2:36.9	Many in California have connections to the Lone Star State and have been following the tragic events there closely,
2:43.2	as rescue and recovery efforts continue for the more than 160 still unaccounted for,
2:48.4	and as the families of 120 known dead, including at least 36 children,
2:54.0	mourn their loved ones. With me now is Lucio Vasquez, breaking news reporter for the Texas
2:59.6	newsroom, who is in Kernville, Curville. Lucille, thank you so much for being with us.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 13 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KQED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of KQED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.