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New flood warnings along Guadalupe River in Texas
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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.
Torrential rain flooded creeks, streams and the Guadalupe River, where the water swelled more than 26 feet in 45 minutes.
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.
More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.
As the water rises, so does the Kerr County community, especially one man who reunited a brother and sister, swept away in the flood.
On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,