Deadly Floods Reinforce Texas’ Challenge as Crisis Epicenter

Before dawn Friday morning, city manager Dalton Rice went for a jog along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. He finished his run around 4 a.m. as a light rain set in. An hour later, he began receiving emergency calls: The river had flooded out of control.

Torrential rains were dumping into the Guadalupe. In just 45 minutes, the river surged about 26 feet (8 meters), sending walls of water sweeping into camps and RV parks busy with Fourth of July holiday visitors.