Volunteers nonetheless combing by the wreckage of Texas’ devastating July 4 flooding are being evacuated from the catastrophe zone over the potential for one other deluge.
“MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND,” Kerr County officers wrote in an pressing advisory Monday, cautioning that incoming heavy rainfall may deliver one other wave of flooding to the world that’s nonetheless sorting by the carnage of the previous two weeks.
A flood watch will stay in impact in Kerrville and the encompassing space — the epicenter of the July 4 injury that left no less than 130 lifeless — till 7 a.m. Tuesday.
“Most rainfall totals needs to be within the 1 to three inch vary, however an remoted complete to six inches can’t be dominated out,” Kerrville officers cautioned.
“Rivers and streams stay elevated and will likely be able to rising quickly with any new downpours,” they added.
Texas already noticed heavy rainfall over the weekend and flash floods alongside the San Saba River this time, whereas Kerrville noticed upward of 4 inches of rain in a matter of hours on Sunday.
The rainfall delayed search-and-rescue efforts in some locations alongside the Guadalupe River, the place the worst flooding was targeting July 4. About 170 individuals stay lacking.
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