On Friday morning, heavy rains began pounding Central Texas along the Guadalupe River, rapidly swelling the river basin— by nearly 30 feet in less than an hour —and spurring deadly flash floods. Dozens of children were reported missing from the grounds of Camp Mystic,

On July 5, 2025, purported screenshots of an X post in which U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene allegedly said she would introduce a bill prohibiting "weather modification and geoengineering" spread online. Greene allegedly made the post as heavy downpours caused flooding in Texas, leaving hundreds of people stranded.

"We must end the dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering," the Georgia Republican wrote on X, formerly Twitter.