Episcopal Relief & Development is Responding to Deadly Texas Hill Country Flooding
- Announcements
- Jul 11
- 2 min read
Episcopal Relief & Development is helping local diocesan partners in Texas provide support to those impacted by the catastrophic July 4-5 Texas Hill Country flooding, which killed over 80 people, with many more still missing.
During the weekend flash flooding event, between 5 and 13 inches of rain fell rapidly on central Texas, impacting multiple counties including Kerr, Kendall, Gillespie, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson and Tom Green. The full extent of the damage is still unfolding, however, hundreds of homes, mobile parks, RVs, roads and parks have been impacted so far. Thousands of people have lost power and many have been evacuated.
“This disaster is still unfolding. We will learn much more in the days and weeks ahead,” said the Very Rev. David Read, Bishop of West Texas and the Very Rev. Angela Cortiñas, Bishop Suffragan of West Texas, in a joint statement released on July 5. “The recovery of the Hunt, Ingram, Comfort and Kerrville communities will not happen overnight. It will take time to catalog the loss of homes, businesses, livelihoods, and lives, and the best ways we can tangibly be part of healing, hope and recovery.”
Episcopal Relief & Development is working with longstanding local partners in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas to help people most in need. Working through trusted relationships, Episcopal Relief & Development is helping partners to offer their financial resources, physical property and spiritual support in places where it is most useful after a disaster of this scale.
“Texans have experienced devastating disasters in the past decade, like the 2021 winter storm and Hurricane Harvey, and our heart goes out to them as they face tragedy once again,” said Race Hodges, Program Officer, Episcopal Relief & Development. “We worked with our local partners through each of these major events to provide comfort and safety to many people. And we will continue to do so.”