US EditionExperts Weigh in on Texas Floods and the Impact to Children’s Mental Health
CENTRAL TEXAS, JUL 8 – Experts recommend clear, age-appropriate conversations about the floods to help children cope, noting at least 94 deaths and 41 missing reported in Central Texas, officials said.
- Devastating flash flooding swept through Central Texas, including Camp Mystic in Hunt, on July 6, 2025, killing at least 94 people including many children at summer camps.
- The flooding followed a rare catastrophic natural disaster over the Fourth of July weekend and led to extensive search and recovery efforts for survivors and remains.
- Experts including Dr. Karin Price advise parents to discuss the flooding with children using age-appropriate language, encourage questions, limit media exposure, and avoid assigning blame.
- Price said, "Kids are especially resilient, and most will deal with this and be OK," but she urged parents to ensure children understand they are safe and to seek professional help if needed.
- Texas Children's Hospital created a flood relief fund and offers in-person and virtual mental health support, while community foundations started funds to aid recovery and families continue coping with grief.
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How to talk about grief, loss with children following deadly Central Texas floods
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In the aftermath of catastrophic floods in Central Texas over Independence Day weekend, some mental health professionals said they are inundated with requests from families seeking services and guidance. Megan Butler, a licensed professional counselor with Lucero, said she has received calls from her clients, but also from school districts and other organizations. With at least 30 children among the more than 100 people who have…
Silvana Garza Valdez and María Paula Zárate, 19, are two Mexican youths who survived the floods in Texas and helped rescue 20 girls from a camp in the United States. “It was a storm of film, of fear (...) you felt that the rays were falling next to you, because they lit up all the cabins (...) it is a storm that I had never heard in my life, I had never lived it, it did not stop raining,” Silvana said in an interview for N+. Silvana and María Pa…
The commune of Kerrville, in central Texas, is as if struck by the effects of the sudden floods that devastated the area. Many of the inhabitants knew some of the victims, including 27 girls who died in summer camps, trapped by the waves.
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