Some have lost everything. I've lost near friends, best friends, my boss, um, my godchildren, my house, my car. Many barely making it to safety. You know, it was uh it was *** very, very close call and have we been 10 or 15 minutes later? David Fry and his extended family were staying at the River Inn resort and hunt for their annual vacation when the Guadalupe River began flooding in the middle of the night. We went through banging on doors just trying to notify as many people as possible. All 33 of them survived by climbing on top of the hotel roof, but it seems that for every story of relief is one of heartbreak. As the death toll mounts, dozens of loved ones are still missing. Homes they were staying in were gone. They were just leveled. They were no longer there. We haven't heard or seen of them since then. Kirk County Sheriff's Office says over 400 local, state, and national first responders and more than *** dozen K-9 units are helping in the search and rescue efforts. Volunteers are also out looking on foot and horseback. If it was my babies, I don't want somebody looking, so that's why I'm here. I couldn't sit back. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has warned that the weather threat isn't over yet. There's more heavy rainfall that's expected that will lead to potential flash flooding broadly in these regions in Hunt, Texas. I'm Lee Waldman.
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At least 82 people have died while dozens remain missing after heavy rain caused catastrophic flooding in parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County and portions of the Guadalupe and Llano River basins. A total of 2,770 flood fatalities have been recorded by the U.S. Natural Hazard Statistics. Flood fatalities include those caused by rainfall-induced flooding, boating, in the workplace and camping, as well as fatalities inside mobile and permanent homes. While the death toll continues to rise from the flooding in Texas, the number of fatalities stands to surpass the 30-year average of 89. Among the deadliest floods the country has seen are the inland flooding of September 2024 that affected Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia, caused by Hurricane Helene. A study by the American Meteorological Society that goes as far back as 1959 also accounted for the South Dakota dam failure of June 1972, which resulted in 237 fatalities. The deadliest flood fatality on record is Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, which led to 1,833 fatalities.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4K
NEW YORK — At least 82 people have died while dozens remain missing after heavy rain caused catastrophic flooding in parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County and portions of the Guadalupe and Llano River basins.
A total of 2,770 flood fatalities have been recorded by the . Flood fatalities include those caused by rainfall-induced flooding, boating, in the workplace and camping, as well as fatalities inside mobile and permanent homes.
While the death toll continues to rise from the flooding in Texas, the number of fatalities stands to surpass the 30-year average of 89.
Among the deadliest floods the country has seen are the inland flooding of September 2024 that affected Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia, caused by Hurricane Helene.
A study by the American Meteorological Society that goes as far back as 1959 also accounted for the South Dakota dam failure of June 1972, which resulted in 237 fatalities.
The deadliest flood fatality on record is Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, which led to 1,833 .
