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KENDALL COUNTY, Texas – Two weeks after the deadly Hill Country floods, search operations are moving down the Guadalupe River. “We’re walking every inch,” Brian Reilly, the fire chief of the Sisterdale Volunteer Fire Department, said. “We’ll continue with (the search) down the river as we move into another district.”
Volunteers and rescue crews are still searching for the over 100 people that are still missing from the floods that killed at least 135 people.
A washed-out Guadalupe River appeared stuck in time nearly two weeks after the catastrophe. Large trees laid on their sides and remnants of debris lingered throughout what was left. Some residents of the area say it's unlike anything they've seen in the river before.
The Texas Hill Country has been notorious for flash floods caused by the Guadalupe River. Here's why the area is called "Flash Flood Alley."
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Julia Hatfield, a songwriter who survived the July 4 floods by fleeing her RV park, says more help is needed in Kerrville.
The dammed reservoirs along the Guadalupe River near Kerrville are believed to have captured debris washed downstream.
Texas flash flood wasn't the only deadly event in the Hill Country. Here's what happened 38 years ago along the Guadalupe River.
New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than 100 people.
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.
Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.
The memorial in Conroe honored a 21-year-old former Miss Caney Creek who died with friends during a July 4 weekend gathering.