New Texas flood threat halts search for victims of deadly July 4 flooding

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Emergency crews were forced to suspend search operations in Kerr County, Texas, on Sunday, as the area hit hardest by catastrophic flash flooding earlier this month faced a renewed flood threat.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday afternoon that rescue operations were underway in San Saba, Lampasas and Schleicher Counties. Evacuations are also ongoing in several Central Texas counties as authorities monitor rising water in Kerrville, the hardest-hit city in Kerr County by the destructive July 4 storms that caused the Guadalupe River to overflow. Officials in Texas' rural and flood-prone Hill Country have said at least 161 people from the area remain missing and efforts to find them are ongoing.

The serious threat unfolding in San Saba County is along the San Saba River, another area known to flood. Rains from this weekend — on top of the already soaked ground — were forecast to raise the river above 30 inches. The river is forecast to rise faster and higher than it did on July 4.

Police in Kerrville announced that ground search operations had been paused before 8 a.m. local time Sunday due to "flood danger."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-flood-threat-halts-search-162313909.html

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