Flood Watch Issued for Kerr County, Texas
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Over 9 inches of rain has already fallen north of the KVUE area in the San Saba area prompting a rare Flash Flood Emergency. Importantly, this flooding north of the KVUE area is likely to send more water into Lake Buchanan, which is now within about 5 feet of full pool.
With grounds already saturated from last weekend's deadly storms, the National Weather Service is warning of more flash flooding Sunday in areas already hit hard by flooding over the Fourth of July.
Through the rest of the evening on Sunday, the NWS is predicting a level two of four (slight) risk of storms across the majority of South Central Texas. Rainfall amounts of two to four inches is expected, while some areas could see pockets of nine to 12 inches of rainfall in certain regions.
Several flood warnings and watches were issued across Central Texas on Sunday, including in the areas inundated by deadly flooding last week.
Although Kerr County has secured a federal disaster declaration, Austin-area flood survivors are awaiting federal aid.
The resolution accuses Fire Chief Joel Baker of being slow to deploy assistance to Kerr County during the deadly July 4 flood.
The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic flooding — because of an $800,000 dispute with the state government.
The Austin-based burger chain said it was able to make the significant contribution due to the community's support.
Two 8-year-old girls are the first from Austin to be publicly identified as victims of the raging flood waters that swept through Camp Mystic.
Travis County is asking people affected from last week’s flood to sort and place debris on the curb over the weekend.