Guadalupe River, flash flood
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Search and recovery efforts continue in Kerr County, 12 days after the tragic flood that claimed more than 130 lives along the Guadalupe.
"Due to the incoming threatening weather, all volunteers should vacate the river area, and MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND for their safety," Kerr County said on Facebook. "Only teams working under the direction of Kerr County Emergency Operations Center Unified Command are permitted in the response zone."
New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than 100 people.
Another potentially life-threatening flooding event took place across Central Texas on Sunday morning, with torrential rain sending rivers and streams above their banks, forcing officials to stop search efforts along the Guadalupe River that had been underway since a catastrophic and deadly flash flooding event over the Fourth of July holiday.
About four miles downriver from Acevedo's team in Kerrville, Roberto Marquez was found working on a memorial. "I've made 148. But I believe we need to make another 18," Marquez said. The artist is handmaking crosses to honor those lost across Texas.
It’s a staggering fact, especially after our region has experienced a multi-year drought. But nearly every major river basin in South Central Texas has experienced flooding since July 4, 2025.
Amid the evacuation alert in Kerrville, unverified reports began circulating online claiming that the Ingram Dam, located on the Guadalupe River, had collapsed.
A Kerrville teenager survived for hours in raging floodwaters after the July Fourth floods in the Texas Hill Country washed away his family's home and claimed over 100 lives in the region.