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The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.
At least 119 people have been found dead in nearly a week since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-five of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least three dozen children.
Catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River over the weekend devastated several popular summer camps, claiming the lives of at least 27 young girls and leaving families from
Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe River. Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.