Texas, flooding and Kerrville
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Emergency crews have suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas amid new warnings that additional rain will again cause waterways to surge.
Ground search operations were suspended Sunday in Kerr County, Texas, where crews have continued to look for those still lost after catastrophic July 4 flooding.
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.
Georgia Tech civil environmental engineering professor, Dr. Hermann Fritz, gives FOX LOCAL another deeper look at the devastating flash flooding in Kerrville, Texas. At the time of this stream, 129 people had been confirmed dead.
Gov. Abbott and President Trump visited Kerrville, Texas, after severe floods to meet affected locals and discuss recovery efforts.
A chain-link fence that separates Water Street in the center of Kerrville from the Guadalupe River just a few hundred feet away has become a makeshift memorial, with the flower-covered stretch serving as a focal point for a grieving community.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania will visit Kerrville on Friday, one week after Central Texas floods killed over 100 people.
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.
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