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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.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.
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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After days of agony waiting for news on their missing mother and father, lost during the July 4 flooding in Central Texas, the Brake family now has answers.
At least 161 are still unaccounted for after the July Fourth floods that saw the waters of the Guadalupe rise to historic levels in Central Texas, officials with Kerr County said Friday. Authorities have confirmed 103 deaths, 36 of whom are children.