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The river rose 26 feet in 45 minutes that morning, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring told reporters on Friday.
'This came at night': Texas officials
say they were caught off guard
by deadly rainstorms, flooding
At least 80 people are believed dead in six counties across Texas after the
deadly floods that struck the state on the 4th of July, according to the latest
information from state officials.
The majority of the deaths -- 68 in all, including 28 children -- occurred in hard-
hit Kerr County after heavy rain pounded the Texas Hill Country region early
Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said
at a news conference Sunday afternoon.
At least 10 campers from the girls-only Camp Mystic summer camp, along with
a counselor, remained unaccounted as of late Sunday afternoon, Leitha said.
A Flood Watch was in effect for parts of New Mexico and western Texas Thursday
afternoon as rounds of slow-moving thunderstorms packing heavy rain moved
through the area. By Thursday evening, five inches of rain had fallen in parts of
western Texas, including Midland and Odessa.
The flooding caught local officials off guard as the torrential rains caused the
Guadalupe River to rise to near-historic levels in a matter of minutes, officials
said at a press conference Saturday.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Kerr County, where
the Guadalupe River is located, around 1:14 a.m. Friday.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/night-texas-officials-caught-off-guard-deadly-rainstorms/story?id=123499929
See the article for pics and video.
This happened while so many of us were enjoying a beautiful holiday with barbecues, picnics and beach outings. Just horrible.