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A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
The Kerr County Commissioners Court discussed installing early warning sirens as early as 2015, after a deadly flood on Memorial Day. To date, it still has not done so.
TEXAS, USA — Steve Edwards, a resident of Tom Green County, died in the historic flooding that swept through Kerr County Texas July 4, Tom Green County Dispatch confirmed.
As of Tuesday, July 15, a total of 107 bodies have been recovered in Kerr County, 70 adults and 37 children, officials told KSAT 12. Meanwhile, the number of missing stands at 97, the same number Gov. Greg Abbott reported on Monday, July 14. The number is a sharp decrease from the 161 reported missing in Kerr County alone.
As the water rises, so does the Kerr County community, especially one man who reunited a brother and sister, swept away in the flood.
After deadly floods swept through Texas Hill Country, Houstonians responded with truckloads of donations, led by a weeklong relief drive from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.
After days of agony waiting for news on their missing mother and father, lost during the July 4 flooding in Central Texas, the Brake family now has answers.