At least one person is dead after catastrophic flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country this week, according to state officials. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently confirmed at a press conference that a person died overnight during high-water rescue operations on Wednesday, July 15.
The governor added that the deceased person, who has not yet been identified, was not a camper in the region. While it’s unclear exactly where the person died, Abbott explained that most of the region’s massive flooding is in Comfort and Kerr County.
Travis County Judge Andy Brown told KXAN that Travis County’s medical/rescue STAR Flight helicopters were deployed to the Hill Country on Wednesday and Thursday. One helicopter was sent to Gillespie County and the other went to Kerr County, where multiple rescues have occurred in both counties so far as of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, per KXAN.
This comes after the National Weather Service issued a flash flooding emergency in parts of the Texas Hill Country region as water levels rose to dangerous levels. On Thursday, NWS warned of a deadly flood wave moving down the Pedernales River in Gillespie and Blanco Counties. Just over a year ago, more than 100 people died during flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville.
This is a developing story. MySA will update with more information as it becomes available.