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State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.
A flood watch is in effect into July 15 for more than a dozen counties as saturated ground gets drenched again.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNLIVE UPDATES | Texas flooding: Flash flood warning for parts of Kerr County, other countiesA Flash Flood Warning is in place this morning (July 15) for parts of Kerr, Bandera, Gillespie, Real and Uvalde counties.
A Southeast Texas relief group asked for purse donations to help women affected by Kerrville’s floods, receiving overwhelming support.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with local, state and federal officials and first responders who are navigating the aftermath of flash floods that devastated the Central Texas community in Kerrville.
The military had to send a fighter jet to the skies over Texas after private aircraft repeatedly violated a temporary no-fly zone around the deadly floods.
As tears streamed down their faces, community members looked at the photos attached to a growing memorial wall.
Vermont is not preparing fast enough for its changing climate, though there are signals from abnormal precipitation patterns, warmer summers and invasives. When is it “too late” for a community that will never return? Perhaps communities have a choice to declare floodplains unsafe for development aside from agriculture and timbering.
A Texas ministry that helps men who come out of prison transition back into society, has been on the ground in hard-hit Kerrville helping with flood cleanup.
Some search and rescue volunteers visited a memorial Sunday that was created by a Miami man, where they prayed and shared hugs with one another.