At least 2 dead in Texas floods as hundreds rescued in same region as Camp Mystic disaster
Gov. Greg Abbott said more than 1,300 responders were deployed as crews used boats and helicopters to rescue people trapped by rising water.
- On Friday, Texas rescuers saved more than 200 people from dangerously rising floodwaters after days of punishing downpours killed two people across the state's southern region.
- Persistent storms dumping 2 feet of rain since Tuesday triggered the flooding across the Texas Hill Country, recalling last year's devastating floods that killed more than 100 people over the July Fourth holiday.
- In Kerrville, 65-year-old John Mark Steward died after his mobile home was swept into Goat Creek on the Guadalupe River, while Route 90 in Uvalde reopened as waters receded from that hardest-hit city.
- Gov. Gregg Abbott reported that rescuers using boats and helicopters saved stranded drivers and residents, while roughly 6 million residents across Texas remained under a flood watch through the weekend.
- The National Weather Service forecasts the severe weather system will move northwest toward the Texas Big Bend, while downstream locations face rising river levels expected to reach historic levels through the weekend.
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Texas floods have left high waters and a big cleanup job after hundreds of people are rescued
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