The Brief
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Security footage shows how quickly the Llano River swelled with floodwater the afternoon of July 4 near Kingsland.
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Local authorities can be seen standing along the road in the video, slowly moving up as necessary to evade the rising water.
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Rescue operations continued across the state.
Heavy rain and deadly flooding swept over Texas over the July Fourth holiday and into the weekend.
Video perspective
Timelapse video captured by Robert Ivey shows authorities blocking off a low water crossing area just before flash flooding completely inundated the area in just 10 minutes.
Local authorities can be seen standing along the road in the video, slowly moving up as necessary to evade the rising water.
Credit: Robert Ivey via Storyful
Local perspective
This area of flooding took place along the Llano River in Kingsland, which is located in Central Texas about 70 miles northwest of Austin and 100 miles north east of Kerr County. Kerr County was hit the hardest and had reported at least 59 deaths Sunday afternoon, many from an all-girls summer camp.
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Timeline
The time stamp on the video begins at 5:10 p.m. local time on July 4th, and had risen to its highest point 20 minutes later at about 5:30.
What they’re saying
“I record the crossing 24/7 with a security camera,” Ivey told Storyful, a social media video licensing agency. “The river crossing is also known as ‘the slab’ and is a local swimming spot.”
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What happened in Texas?
Big picture view
Unusually heavy rains quickly turned into flash flooding in the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in Central Texas and the Austin area, with heavy rains and some flooding risks carrying into the weekend.
The flooding killed dozens of people, and dozens more are still unaccounted for. Hundreds more needed to be rescued, and rescue operations are ongoing.
The Source
Information in this article was taken from security footage taken July 4, 2025, along the Llano River in Texas. The video was obtained by Storyful, a social media video licensing agency. Background information about the flooding was taken from previous KTBC FOX 7 Austin reports.
