{"id":263071,"date":"2025-07-11T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=263071"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:21:10","slug":"pr-tx-flood-07-07-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-tx-flood-07-07-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release Samaritan\u2019s Purse Deploys To Central Texas After Catastrophic Flash Floods Claim 80+ Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id=\"text-only\" class=\"press-release\">\r\n            <article class=\"space-large\">\r\n                <header>\r\n                    <hgroup class=\"\">\r\n                        <h1>Samaritan's Purse Deploys To Central Texas After Catastrophic Flash Floods Claim 80+&nbsp;Lives<\/h1>\r\n                    <\/hgroup>\r\n                <\/header>\r\n                <div class=\"space\">\r\n                    <p><strong>BOONE, N.C., 7 de julio, 2025\u2014<\/strong>Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response teams to Central Texas after a historic flash flood event killed more than 80 people. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing with dozens more missing. Torrential rainfall early Friday morning caused the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes, unleashing deadly floods across Kerr County, including Kerrville and Camp Mystic, as well as in the San Angelo&nbsp;area.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>The international Christian relief organization deployed a Disaster Relief Unit stocked with tools and relief equipment from its Southwest Ministry Center in Coppell, Texas. Samaritan's Purse is assessing the hardest-hit areas and volunteers are ready to help families start to recover as soon as it is safe to do&nbsp;so.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p><i>\u201cDurante un fin de semana festivo, que se supon\u00eda estar\u00eda lleno de celebraci\u00f3n, las familias de Texas ahora deben enfrentar p\u00e9rdidas inconcebibles tras estas inundaciones devastadoras\u201d,<\/i> dijo Franklin Graham, presidente de Samaritan\u2019s Purse. <i>\u201cOur hearts break for them. On Sunday, I joined Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem by phone from Alaska to read Scripture and pray for families who were gathered at a church in Texas awaiting word about their missing children and loved ones. Please join me in continuing to pray for all those who are grieving and for our teams on the ground who are responding in Jesus'&nbsp;Name.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Samaritan's Purse will deploy alongside Rapid Response Team chaplains with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to provide hope and comfort to families who are&nbsp;hurting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Edward Graham, chief operating officer for Samaritan's Purse, will be on the ground in hard-hit Texas this week\u2014coordinating relief efforts and sharing the love of Jesus&nbsp;Christ.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <aside class=\"card width-62ch\">\r\n                        <article class=\"space-small\">\r\n                            <h2>Oportunidades para los medios<\/h2>\r\n                            <ul class=\"space-small\">\r\n                                <li>Interview Edward Graham, Chief Operating Officer for Samaritan's Purse<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Entrevista a Jason Kimak, director general de North American Ministries de Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Fotos y material de archivo de alta calidad pr\u00f3ximamente disponibles<\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                            <footer>\r\n                                <a class=\"primary button\" href=\"\/es\/media\/media-response-form\/\">Formulario de solicitud de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n<\/a>\r\n                            <\/footer>\r\n                        <\/article>\r\n                    <\/aside>\r\n\r\n                    <aside class=\"card width-62ch\">\r\n                        <article class=\"space-small\">\r\n                            <h3>On-Site Media Contacts:<\/h3>\r\n                            <ul class=\"space-small\">\r\n                                <li>Stephen Sneed, <a href=\"mailto:ssneed@samaritan.org\">ssneed@samaritan.org<\/a>, 828-266-8805<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Molly Miller, <a href=\"mailto:mmiller4@samaritan.org\">mmiller4@samaritan.org<\/a>, 828-616-9794<\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                        <\/article>\r\n                    <\/aside>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"small width-62ch\">Based in Boone, North Carolina, Samaritan's Purse responds to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations\u2014especially in locations where few others are working. Led by President and CEO Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse works in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease, poverty, famine, and persecution. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/\">SamaritansPurse.org\/espanol<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n             <\/article>\r\n         <\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samaritan's Purse Deploys To Central Texas After Catastrophic Flash Floods Claim 80+&nbsp;Lives BOONE, N.C., July 7, 2025&mdash;Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response teams to Central Texas after a historic flash flood event killed more than 80 people. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing with dozens more missing. 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