Guadalupe River, flood
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Texas officials and Hill Country leaders knew the risks of flooding along the Guadalupe. Warnings went unheeded, flood warnings, river gauges and sirens unfunded - and more than 130 Texans died.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
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.
FOX viewers have come through in a big way for the victims of the devastating Central Texas floods, raising over $7 million – so far.
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Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
Betty Matteson’s four children, nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren have squeezed into her Texas Hill Country home countless times since 1968.
Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.