Texas Hill Country, flash flooding
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2hon MSN
The flash flooding deluged summer camps in Kerr County, dotted along the Guadalupe River, and also left families in Burnet, Kendall, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson Counties looking for family members swept away in the floodwaters.
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.
Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
Kerr County and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority have tried several times to get funding to upgrade flood alerts on the river, dating back to 2016.
More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.