Texas, Flash Flood
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Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.
A Texas sheriff says the deaths from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 27 people, including nine children. (AP video shot by: Lekan Oyekanmi)
Flash flooding is common enough around the crescent-shaped region from Dallas through the Hill Country, the area earned the nickname "Flash Flood Alley."
Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.
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.
At least 161 people were missing from Kerr County alone, officials said. Several children were among the missing.
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Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019