At least 95 dead in Kerr County, Texas
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Before and after satellite images reveal the catastrophic impact the Texas flood had on parts of Kerr County closest to the Guadalupe River.
Newly released satellite images reveal catastrophic damage caused by the Hill Country floods along the Guadalupe River.
At least 27 of those deaths were children and counselors at Camp Mystic, a beloved girls' Christian camp that sits along the river. Along with homes and campgrounds in the area, the camp was inundated early Friday morning with little time to act.
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.
The recent disaster has some thinking back to a similar tragedy almost 40 years ago that occurred in the same month and nearly the same place.
SAN ANTONIO — Five days after the waters of the Guadalupe River rose and overwhelmed much of Kerr Country on July Fourth, search and recovery efforts continue as the community picks up the pieces of one of the state's worst natural disasters in years.
Since 2016, the topic of a "flood warning system" for Kerr County has come up at 20 different county commissioners' meetings, according to minutes. The idea for a system was first introduced by Kerr County Commissioner Thomas Moser and Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas in March 2016.
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The Guadalupe River in Texas surged 26 feet in just 45 minutes. It caught everyone off guard - What began as a routine flood developed into a deadly disaster, with the death toll now in triple digits