Mitchell, alongside a team of minds keeping the river authority operating, explained that many of these dams were a direct result of legislation passed in 1954, the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. That act led to the construction of over 2,000 dams across Texas.

Linda Bason and Deana Hillock checked into the HTR campground on July 3 for a mother-daughter weekend. The next morning, the Kerrville camp was destroyed.

The city maintains that those recordings are too sensitive to be placed in the public domain, particularly given the risk that they could be posted online. The San Antonio Express-News requested 911 calls and transcripts,

Texans across the state have come together to support the Texas Hill Country and Central Texas communities still recovering from the Fourth of July weekend floods, including its biggest stars. Businesses like H-E-B and Raisin Canes have donated millions, and now one of the state's greatest singers is rallying support.

The group's primary role supporting flood recovery efforts has been delivering food and other needed goods. But the organization is also tasked with getting some donations out of the Hill Country region.

Even as the Hill Country was inundated during the deadly flooding, rain was more scarce closer to San Antonio, offering little relief to the city's multiyear drought. The big picture: San Antonio remains several years into its most intense drought in decades,

Emlyn and Penny Jeffrey went to their cabin in Hunt with their grandchild, 11-year-old Bulverde Creek Elementary student Madelyn Jeffreys. They never came home.

LiftFund has launched its Hill Country Disaster Recovery Initiative. It is mobilizing more than $1.6 million in emergency funding to small businesses impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County and surrounding counties.

Life-threatening flash flooding was expected along creeks and streams, urban areas with poor drainage, highways, low-lying streets and underpasses.

South San Antonio once again demonstrated its heart and resilience through the Texans Helping Texans flood relief effort.

The San Antonio locals told us they'll back in Center Point next week as the need will continue both in the proper of TX Hill Country towns as well as along the Guadalupe River.

The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.