Deadly flooding on Guadalupe River over years
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New human settlements constructed in recent years have made the waterway more hazardous, UT-Arlington civil engineering professor says.
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Fox Weather on MSNKerrville flooding survivor describes hearing āscreaming kidsā as Guadalupe River ragedBefore hundreds of first responders and volunteers from around the country came to help, it was the local residents of Texas Hill Country who faced down a deadly wall of water along the Gaudalope River and witnessed terrifying scenes.
Several Kerrville Independent School District teachers and staff members drove school buses full of hundreds of campers from Camp La Junta and Camp Mystic to reunification sites on July 4.
Employees said they felt a responsibility to reopen The Boat and provide a sense of normalcy for those reeling from the destruction.
Of all the counties affected, Kerr County suffered the greatest losses as a deadly wall of water roared down the Guadalupe River in the early morning hours of July 4. Wednesday evening, the City of Kerrville came together in a vigil at Antler Stadium to pray for the victims and those still missing after the flood.
Also: San Antonio mourned the victims in a Travis Park vigil; UTSA said one of its teachers died in the Guadalupe River flood; Kerrville officials said a privately owned drone collided with a helicopter conducting search and rescue operations.
This map shows where camps along the Guadalupe River were impacted by the July 4 flood. Meteorologists Pat Cavlin and Kim Castro detail how it all happened.
Across Central Texas, there have been more than 90 confirmed deaths from the weekend flooding: six people were reported dead in Kendall County, seven in Travis County, four in Williamson County and four in Burnet County, officials said Monday. At least 15 people are still missing in the Austin area.
Anchor Blake Holland is in Kerrville to share the stories of people there, and tells us about the devastation he is seeing in person.
Despite officials urging civilians to stay away, volunteers have joined the search for missing people and the cleanup on the Guadalupe River.
Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNAs Guadalupe River flows calm, evidence of its destructive force remainsHill Country residents and volunteers on Tuesday continued picking up the pieces that the deadly waterway left behind days earlier.