At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area as Camp Mystic - BBC
Severe flooding in central Texas has resulted in at least two deaths and prompted hundreds of emergency rescues. Governor Greg Abbott has declared the rainfall record-shattering, with significant flooding occurring in the same region impacted by deadly storms last year.
Why it matters
The event underscores the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events and the challenges of emergency response in flood-prone regions.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Rebecka Pieder Watch: Flood waters surge in Texas after huge rainstorms At least two people have died in flooding across central Texas - the same area that saw more than 130 deaths in flash floods last summer.
"Large and deadly" flooding from the Guadalupe River is expected to ravage the region, following days of torrential rain, the National Weather Service (NWS) in San Antonio reported. Last year's flash floods originated from the same river.
Both victims were killed in vehicles swept away by the currents. Emergency responders have saved at least 230 people from the floods.
More than 130 people died in South Texas floods last July, including 25 children and two counsellors at Camp Mystic, an all-girls camp near Kerrville, Texas, located along the river.
Rain continued to batter the already flooded Texas region on Friday morning.
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