Guadalupe River, Texas and Flash Flood
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Texas Floods Death Toll Creeps up
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
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.
Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.
The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.
Two days before flash floods on the Guadalupe River in Texas killed dozens of campers at a Christian girls summer camp, a state inspector approved operations, noting there was a written plan for responding to natural disasters.
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead since July 4, when the Guadalupe River in central Texas swelled overnight and triggered flash floods that swept through an area known locally as “Flash Flood Alley.
Meanwhile, Texas authorities have pledged to continue search and rescue operations until every missing person is found.
Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered the hard-hit central Texas communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more than 100.