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Less than 5% of homes in the county's FEMA floodplain had flood coverage, well below the national average. Uptake was even worse in other areas that flooded.
From Bruce Springsteen to Coco Gauff to Patrick Mahomes, numerous stars have been at the center of false rumors about the floods.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to hold a news briefing on Thursday afternoon to update the state’s continued response to flooding across Texas.
Just 7% of homeowners in Texas have flood insurance through the federal government, which runs the biggest flood insurance program in the country. That percentage drops to 2% when you move inland, to areas like Travis and Kerr counties.
At least 132 people have died. State and local leaders say getting an exact figure of the missing is difficult because so many people were visiting the Guadalupe River on the holiday weekend.
COMFORT, Texas – Down a backcountry road in Comfort, Texas, is where you’ll find Woody and Herman Hass. Woody and Hass live along the same stretch of the Guadalupe River. However, they are experiencing a different aftermath of the floods that killed dozens of people in the Texas Hill Country.
As Texas Hill Country reckons with the destruction caused by the July 4 floods, a community of young people and adults with disabilities feared they wouldn’t get the summer experience they’d waited for all year at Camp CAMP, located along the Guadalupe River.
Julia Hatfield and her husband were living at the Blue Oak RV Park in Kerrville when the Guadalupe River rose rapidly, turning a peaceful holiday morning into chaos.
The Mountain Home Volunteer Fire Department rescued over 1,000 people in a 20-hour operation during Texas Hill Country floods.