The Texas floods are not an isolated tragedy

Tragedy has struck in Texas. Latest reports suggest as many as 51 people have lost their lives in flash flooding in the State.

- Adrian Sainz, The Independent

Tens of people remain missing, including a group of young girls attending a Christian summer camp when the weather system struck. But this is not an isolated issue. Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service, and flash floods are the nation's top storm-related killer. Here's a look at some of the most deadly flooding nationwide in the past 25 years.

Texas, July 2025 Authorities are still assessing the deadly effects of heavy rains that caused devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, leaving at least 32 people dead and many others missing as frantic parents sought word about their daughters unaccounted for at a girls camp near the Guadalupe River. Searchers used helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims and to rescue stranded people in trees and from camps isolated by washed-out roads.