Texas Hill Country, flood
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For the third straight day, thunderstorms have posed what meteorologists call life-threatening conditions in the Hill Country, where flooding earlier this month killed at least 131 people.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.
Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but have ties to the Houston and Mont Belvieu areas. Hutch and Beth Bryan, formerly of Houston, died in the Texas Hill Country flooding.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
Southern Career Institutes in Pharr is accepting donations to help the Hill Country flood victims. On July 17, donations will be accepted in all SCI campuses,
Parker said dozens of families in Fort Worth have connections to the affected areas of the Hill Country. Fort Worth has deployed 28 firefighters to the affected areas, said Assistant Fire Chief Ray Hill. Many are on the front lines of search and recovery efforts as members of Texas A&M Task Force 1.
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rescue crews in Texas kept a wary eye on river levels Monday, hoping to resume the search for people still missing from catastrophic flooding that pummeled the central part of the state earlier this month and killed at least 132 people.