In early July 2025, heavy rainfall triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Central Texas, affecting communities from Kerrville and Hunt to Comfort and killing at least 135 people. This series, photographed in the first days of the disaster on assignment for Getty Images, follows residents watching the water rise, rescue teams working the river and the wreckage left behind as the water began to recede.
View through the mud-caked interior of a flooded car toward a damaged riverside home flying a Texas flag after Central Texas flash flooding.
Texas Game Wardens and local officers carry a body bag along a debris-strewn bank of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, after catastrophic flash flooding.
A Kerrville resident in a tan hat and maroon jacket stands beside the swollen Guadalupe River, watching floodwaters rise during the Central Texas floods.
Boerne Fire Department swift-water rescuers navigate a black inflatable boat through fast-moving floodwater on the Guadalupe River lined with cypress trees.
Flood debris including a stranded pickup truck, twisted metal and uprooted trees lies piled along the Guadalupe River after catastrophic flash flooding in Kerrville, Texas.
Texas game wardens and local law-enforcement officers stand coordinating search and recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River.
Two young women stand beside the flooded Guadalupe River, one wearing an American-flag poncho and the other holding a clear umbrella as they watch the high water in Kerrville, Texas.
Rescue workers in helmets stand in floodwater near downed trees as a person on the road points toward the flooded area.
A child's baseball helmet rests on a splintered tree trunk amid branches and mud piled beside a rural road after the Central Texas flash floods.
A man in a gray T-shirt and camo cap examines a huge tangle of flood debris stacked along a bridge rail after the Guadalupe River overflowed its banks.
Two people stand facing a large tree draped with torn, weathered American flags left hanging after the Central Texas flooding.
A U.S. Border Patrol Agent in fatigues walks through a grassy field with a search dog during recovery operations following the Central Texas Flooding.
Debris and uprooted trees jam a damaged bridge after the Central Texas flash floods, with a lone worker in an orange vest in the distance.
A worker in a yellow safety vest stands amid broken lumber and metal as an excavator clears flood-damaged structures along the Guadalupe River.