Bay Area family missing in Texas amid deadly floods

A Bay Area family is missing amid devastating floods in Texas that have left scores of people dead. The Walker family – 52-year-old Mark, 50-year-old Sara and 14-year-old Johnny – live in Marin and went missing near Hunt, Texas on Friday, according to friends and family members who took to social media to plead with the public for information on the trio's whereabouts.

KENTFIELD, Calif. - A Bay Area family is missing amid devastating floods in Texas that have left scores of people dead.

The Walker family – 52-year-old Mark, 50-year-old Sara and 14-year-old Johnny – live in Kentfield in Marin County and went missing near Hunt, Texas, on Friday, according to friends and family members who took to social media to plead with the public for information on the trio's whereabouts.

Hundreds gathered for a vigil Sunday evening at Bacich Elementary, not far from where the family lives.

"It’s just really, really, tragic. My kids went to the same school as their kids," said neighbor Pete Johnson. "I know a lot of people are just in shock from it, you know, what a tragedy, and I know they’re still searching for them, but it’s just really, really hard to take."

Texas officials have not officially confirmed that the Walkers are missing in connection to the floods in the state, and Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield originally announced on X it would be holding a vigil and prayer service for the Walker family.

The high school later removed those plans from social media, but a representative told KTVU that the school is still planning a prayer service for the Walkers on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the St. Francis Chapel.

"At the request of the Walker family, we are declining to comment at this time," Marin Catholic High School Director of Communications Lisa Johnston told KTVU.

The Walker's 16-year-old daughter was away at summer camp, also in Texas, but that camp was not affected by the floods. The family says she is safe and accounted for.

Mark Walker is the older brother of former San Francisco Giants pitcher, Tyler Walker, who pitched for the team from 2005 to 2008.

Johhny Walker was supposed to start his freshman year at Marin Catholic High School.

The Walker family -- 52-year-old Mark (left), 50-year-old Sara (middle) and 14-year-old Johnny (right) -- are originally from Marin and were reported missing in Texas by family members.

Flash Floods in Texas:

Heavy rains quickly resulted in flash flooding in the early hours of the Independence Day holiday in Central Texas.

Flood risks extended to other parts of the state throughout the weekend, with meteorologists saying months’ worth of rain fell on Texas in just hours.

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