Texas, Kerr County and Flash flood
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As of Tuesday, July 15, a total of 107 bodies have been recovered in Kerr County, 70 adults and 37 children, officials told KSAT 12. Meanwhile, the number of missing stands at 97, the same number Gov. Greg Abbott reported on Monday, July 14. The number is a sharp decrease from the 161 reported missing in Kerr County alone.
More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.
As the water rises, so does the Kerr County community, especially one man who reunited a brother and sister, swept away in the flood.
TEXAS, USA — Steve Edwards, a resident of Tom Green County, died in the historic flooding that swept through Kerr County Texas July 4, Tom Green County Dispatch confirmed.
Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is among a group of people who have been bringing in crucial supplies after flooding devastated communities in central Texas last week.
The questions about a flood warning system before the deadly Central Texas floods continue. Some are shining the spotlight on a 2021 public meeting where county leaders debated whether to take $10 million from the Biden Administration, but what people are saying online and what actually happened are not the same.
After deadly floods swept through Texas Hill Country, Houstonians responded with truckloads of donations, led by a weeklong relief drive from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The number of people missing in the Kerrville area due to the Fourth of July floods has been reduced to 97, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during a news conference on Monday.
State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.