According to reports from Epoch Times on June 14, 2025, the government of San Antonio, Texas, announced on Friday (June 13) that the death toll from Thursday’s thunderstorms and floods has risen to 10, with several individuals still missing.
San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington stated that after the thunderstorms on Thursday, the floodwaters have gradually receded, and rescue teams are still searching for the missing persons.
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States. The rainfall on Thursday exceeded 7 inches, causing more than ten vehicles to be stranded in a creek.
Particularly after midnight, there was a rainfall of 5.6 inches within just three hours – almost 4 inches of the rainfall occurred within one hour.
The total rainfall for the entire month of June in the city usually slightly exceeds 3 inches. This one-hour downpour equated to a rainfall event that typically happens once every 50 to 100 years.
Officials mentioned that these vehicles were likely swiftly washed away from the roads by rapidly rising floodwaters. Over seventy water rescues were conducted throughout the city on Thursday.
Arrington explained that around 5 a.m. on Thursday, they received distress calls near Interstate 410 Northeast Loop.
At that time, 15 vehicles were swept away by the flooding, and 10 people were rescued from trees and bushes about a mile downstream from where they entered the water. Four individuals sustained minor injuries and required medical treatment. Arrington added that rescue teams are still ongoing with search efforts, with at least two missing persons suspected to have been swept away by the floodwaters.
Further east in Victoria, around 25 reports of vehicles trapped due to flash floods were received. Currently, no injuries or fatalities have been reported in the county.