Guadalupe River, flood and central Texas
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Rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches and isolated amounts of 3-5 inches are possible, the National Weather Service 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.
The organizations working together to help the flood victims said that 'no additional in-kind donations (clothing, food, supplies) are needed in Kerrville.' They said the best way to help is with monetary donations.
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.
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In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.
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Explore three decades of Guadalupe River Basin flood data by county with our interactive, searchable database.
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Guadalupe River in Texas overflows, as rescue efforts for flood victims temporarily haltedVideo shot by an eyewitness shows a swollen Guadalupe River, as rescue efforts for flood victims were temporarily halted on Sunday (July 13) due to another wave of severe weather, prompting high-water rescues and concerns of further flooding.
It is not unheard of to have multiple “100-year floods” or "1,000-year floods” in the same year, says John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist.
In the early days of July, pieces of weather systems were converging to create a disaster over Texas Hill Country that would transform the Guadalupe River into a monster raging out of its banks in the pre-dawn hours of July 4, claiming the lives of more than 129 people. At least 160 are still missing.
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