Desperate searches online for missing family memberspublished at 00:25 British Summer Time 5 July
00:25 BST 5 July
Angélica Casas
Reporting from El Paso, Texas
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Texas Officials said the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet (7.9 metres) in the space of 45 minutes
The Kerrville Breaking News group on Facebook is a forum where locals often post restaurant recommendations, upcoming events and resources in the area.
Over the last 12 hours, it’s instead been inundated with posts from families who have relatives unaccounted for from the flooding, and links to news stories about the catastrophic weather that’s hit Kerr County.
A pleading mother shared that she has not been able to get in touch with her daughter and son-in-law, whose home was swept away from a road near Kerrville Lake.
One woman in Austin, Texas posted that her grandparents living along the Guadalupe River had not been heard from since yesterday.
Others from around the state have shared photos of family who had last been at a local camp for caravans and motorhomes.