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As the water rises, so does the Kerr County community, especially one man who reunited a brother and sister, swept away in the flood.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNLIVE UPDATES | Texas flooding: Flash flood warning for parts of Kerr County, other countiesA Flash Flood Warning is in place this morning (July 15) for parts of Kerr, Bandera, Gillespie, Real and Uvalde counties.
Search and rescue efforts continue Tuesday as crews look for the dozens still missing from the July Fourth floods that devastated the Kerr County area. On Tuesday, Kerr County said that 107 people are confirmed dead in the county.
More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, the county’s top official, said during a county commissioners court meeting earlier Monday that local officials don’t know the exact number of how many visitors who traveled to the Guadalupe for the holiday weekend had been caught in the flood.
Kerr County issued CodeRed ahead of yesterday's flood threat, urging residents to stay safe during heavy rain possible rising water.
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Officials kept a wary eye on river levels as some crews resumed the search for people still missing after catastrophic flooding pummeled Texas this month.
After a pause for rain, rescue crews hope to resume searching Monday for 160 people believed to be missing after flooding in Central Texas on July 4.
Forecasters explained that two mesoscale convection vortexes — one near Waco, and one near the Rio Grande — pulled in storm cells and placed them in circling patterns over the same areas, unleashing more dangerous floodwaters.
A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.