July 8, 2025 • 4 mins
The death toll from flash floods that struck central Texas has now climbed to at least 108 people.
Search and rescue efforts have reached their fifth day, with the dead including 28 children due to flooding west of San Antonio.
Dozens of people are still missing.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Heather du Plessis-Allan hundreds of volunteers have joined in.
He says searches along the Guadalupe River are slow and dirty.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the US, we have our correspondent Richard Arnold.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Morning.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
Richard morning. Okay, so what's the latest up update on
these Texas floods. Well, it's one hundred and eight people
now known to have died, So the scale of this
disaster growing, including as you know, many young children. Hundreds
of volunteers have joined and scouring the massive debris along
the Guadalupe River. Those searches are slow, they're dirty, it's
(00:22):
distressing work. Obviously, they're finding a lot of remains. Some
of these volunteers are locals, They know people who have
lost their lives in this Five children from the girls
retreat site Camp Mystic still listed of missing, along with
one councilor. But the sheriff, Larry Leith, we don't know
everybody who was here, so we don't know everybody who's missing.
(00:43):
Will they ever know there were people camping independently? Of course.
Scott Ruskin was one of the first rescuers in the
flood zone. He got it as rescue swimmer credentials with
the Coastguard just two months ago and he helped a
fairy one hundred and sixty nine people, mostly these very
young children ages seven, eight, nine, So on the safety.
At one point he was seen carrying two young girls,
(01:04):
one under each arm.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, it was one in each arm, but yeah, it
was just two little kids like seven years old then
have shoes on. It was like, dude, I'm not going
to make you guys walk through this mid like while
you're trying to get.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
To a helicopter. Yeah, he's down playing the big hero role.
Says others would have done it if they had been there. Well,
he was there. Meantime, there are incredible survival stories. One
fella says he swam to a power box when his
place flooded right up to the rooftops, and he stood
on this scene for three hours before he was able
to get out. While the wound we spoke of on Monday,
who was swept for thirty kilometers along that surging river,
(01:35):
remains in hospital, bruises all over her body, and she's
been told that five members of her family have died.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says it might have helped
if there were warning sirens along the river in this
place called flash Flood Alley. There was a move to
install a better warning system a little while back, but
it would have cost fifty thousand dollars and it was
voted down. Now, what's going on in California?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Things getting even more hairy with these ice raids.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
They really are California slamming the latest deportation moves by
the Trump team. National Guards troops along with heavily armed
US Marines operating on American soil right, accompanied by armored tanks,
swept down onto one of Los Angeles's parks, MacArthur Park,
leading LA Mayor Karen Bass to slam this race.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Is outrageous and Unamerican that we have federal armed vehicles
in our parks when nothing is going on. Who were
in the park today were children. It was their summer champ.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So tanks swooping in on kids. The mayor accuses the
President's team of trying to terrorize LA residents. Los Angeles
has one of the country's biggest immigrant workforces, obviously, and
for decades they've been recruiting many of those workers. Also
in recent days, a twenty three year old woman, Carlie
Elvarado was tackled and taken into custody while meeting her husband,
who has no criminal record.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
But you're from Mexico, right, and I'm like, no, I'm
from here, and like I was born here here?
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Where's here?
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Where are you talking about? Where exactly is here? I'm
like here the US Los Angeles. They put us in chains.
So I had a change from my hand and under
my belly that went all the way to my lefe.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
She was nine months pregnant. She was raced off to
the hospital where she started having contractions. Her daughter was
born soon after, while her husband was taken off to
a detention site in Texas. Somewhere, another woman, Andrea Valez,
was walking to work when she was physically taken down
by a masked man. She was accused of interfering with
the Ice agent, says her lawyer, of what happened, brown.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Adult, two hundred pound, six foot man in full armor,
weapons with this face shielded, start charging at you. And
that's what she experienced. Now ask yourself who committed the Saltier.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, Figures just out say that sixty nine percent of
recent immigration arrests are of people with ab absolutely no
criminal record. Richard, thanks man, appreciate it. We'll talk to
you again soon. That's Richard Arnold, US correspondence. For more
from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to News talks
at B from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
In the US, we have our correspondent Richard Arnold.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Morning.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
Richard morning. Okay, so what's the latest up update on
these Texas floods. Well, it's one hundred and eight people
now known to have died, So the scale of this
disaster growing, including as you know, many young children. Hundreds
of volunteers have joined and scouring the massive debris along
the Guadalupe River. Those searches are slow, they're dirty, it's
(00:22):
distressing work. Obviously, they're finding a lot of remains. Some
of these volunteers are locals, They know people who have
lost their lives in this Five children from the girls
retreat site Camp Mystic still listed of missing, along with
one councilor. But the sheriff, Larry Leith, we don't know
everybody who was here, so we don't know everybody who's missing.
(00:43):
Will they ever know there were people camping independently? Of course.
Scott Ruskin was one of the first rescuers in the
flood zone. He got it as rescue swimmer credentials with
the Coastguard just two months ago and he helped a
fairy one hundred and sixty nine people, mostly these very
young children ages seven, eight, nine, So on the safety.
At one point he was seen carrying two young girls,
(01:04):
one under each arm.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, it was one in each arm, but yeah, it
was just two little kids like seven years old then
have shoes on. It was like, dude, I'm not going
to make you guys walk through this mid like while
you're trying to get.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
To a helicopter. Yeah, he's down playing the big hero role.
Says others would have done it if they had been there. Well,
he was there. Meantime, there are incredible survival stories. One
fella says he swam to a power box when his
place flooded right up to the rooftops, and he stood
on this scene for three hours before he was able
to get out. While the wound we spoke of on Monday,
who was swept for thirty kilometers along that surging river,
(01:35):
remains in hospital, bruises all over her body, and she's
been told that five members of her family have died.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says it might have helped
if there were warning sirens along the river in this
place called flash Flood Alley. There was a move to
install a better warning system a little while back, but
it would have cost fifty thousand dollars and it was
voted down. Now, what's going on in California?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Things getting even more hairy with these ice raids.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
They really are California slamming the latest deportation moves by
the Trump team. National Guards troops along with heavily armed
US Marines operating on American soil right, accompanied by armored tanks,
swept down onto one of Los Angeles's parks, MacArthur Park,
leading LA Mayor Karen Bass to slam this race.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Is outrageous and Unamerican that we have federal armed vehicles
in our parks when nothing is going on. Who were
in the park today were children. It was their summer champ.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So tanks swooping in on kids. The mayor accuses the
President's team of trying to terrorize LA residents. Los Angeles
has one of the country's biggest immigrant workforces, obviously, and
for decades they've been recruiting many of those workers. Also
in recent days, a twenty three year old woman, Carlie
Elvarado was tackled and taken into custody while meeting her husband,
who has no criminal record.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
But you're from Mexico, right, and I'm like, no, I'm
from here, and like I was born here here?
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Where's here?
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Where are you talking about? Where exactly is here? I'm
like here the US Los Angeles. They put us in chains.
So I had a change from my hand and under
my belly that went all the way to my lefe.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
She was nine months pregnant. She was raced off to
the hospital where she started having contractions. Her daughter was
born soon after, while her husband was taken off to
a detention site in Texas. Somewhere, another woman, Andrea Valez,
was walking to work when she was physically taken down
by a masked man. She was accused of interfering with
the Ice agent, says her lawyer, of what happened, brown.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Adult, two hundred pound, six foot man in full armor,
weapons with this face shielded, start charging at you. And
that's what she experienced. Now ask yourself who committed the Saltier.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, Figures just out say that sixty nine percent of
recent immigration arrests are of people with ab absolutely no
criminal record. Richard, thanks man, appreciate it. We'll talk to
you again soon. That's Richard Arnold, US correspondence. For more
from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to News talks
at B from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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