Chilling timelapse shows flood swallowing road before killing 80+ — including Christian campers
A shocking timelapse video shows how deadly floodwaters in Texas surged over 30 feet in just 45 minutes, overwhelming entire communities and killing at least 80 people, including 28 children.
The footage, captured along the Guadalupe River on July 4, shows muddy water swallowing a road, then trees, and eventually everything in sight — all within an hour.
Wow…this is breathtakingly terrifying.
New timelapse shows how the Llano River in Texas flooded.
Over the course of 120 seconds, what was land became river pic.twitter.com/IYz5Ix669q
— Whiplash347 (@Whiplash437) July 6, 2025
No Time to Escape
From 5:12 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the river rose rapidly as residents tried to flee.
By the end of the video, only two tree tops remained visible.
“Stop the video at 5:18 and look at the water level,” one viewer said. “Where does one run to in 6 minutes?”
Camp Mystic Devastated
Among the hardest hit: Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ summer camp.
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5 young girls (ages 8–9) confirmed dead
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Director Richard “Dick” Eastland, 70, died trying to save them
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11 girls still missing
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750 campers were present when the wall of water struck
Most of the missing were younger girls sleeping in lower cabins near the river.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed the death toll has reached 82, with officials warning it may exceed 100 in the coming days.
DNA Being Collected for the Dead
State officials are collecting DNA samples from families to help identify recovered bodies.
A leaked email from Texas’s Division of Emergency Management warned partners the death toll will surpass 100, despite officials refusing to say search efforts have shifted from rescue to recovery.
“Our hope and prayer is that there is still people alive out there,” said Nim Kidd, head of the state’s emergency response.
Highland Park Families Among Victims
Many of the girls at Camp Mystic came from wealthy families in Highland Park, often called the “Beverly Hills of Dallas.”
Some of the missing have ties to Highland Park United Methodist Church, whose most famous member is former President George W. Bush.
One of the girls still unaccounted for is Hadley Hanna, whose parents Doug and Carrie and two sisters are members of the church.
“This crisis affects many in our Park Cities community,” said Pastor Paul Rasmussen, who hosted a 300-person prayer vigil on Saturday.
