HILL COUNTY, Texas – At least two people are confirmed dead after severe storms led to a flash flooding emergency across South and Central Texas.
Gov. Abbott Gives Update
What we know:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been meeting with emergency management and public safety officials.
He is scheduled to give an update on the state’s ongoing response to the severe storms at 5 p.m. You will be able to watch that news conference live on this page.
Texas Flooding Deaths 
What we know:
Gov. Abbott confirmed two deaths, a man near Comfort, Texas and a woman in Uvalde, Texas whose vehicle was swept off the roadway.
The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office said the man who died in their county was a 65-year-old man whose mobile home in Kerr County, downstream from Kerrville, was swept away by floodwaters overnight.
It’s the same area where 135 people were killed by floods last summer, including several girls and counselors at Camp Mystic’s summer camp.
What we don’t know:
The victim’s names have not yet been released.
Texas Hill Country Flooding 
Big picture view:
According to the National Weather Service, more than 28 inches of rain has fallen in parts of the Texas Hill Country over the past three days.
As of 5:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, the Guadalupe River had risen 32 feet in four hours. The NWS predicted it would reach a crest similar to last year’s catastrophic flooding.
Across the Hill Country, nearly 150 people have been rescued, and more than 80 evacuations have been ordered. Some 1,300 first responders have been deployed.
The first responders are currently using boats and helicopters to reach people stranded by the dangerous rising water.
What they’re saying:
But residents in the hardest hit counties – Kerr, Uvalde, and Kendall counties – are bracing for this year’s flooding to be even worse than last year’s because of the massive amount of rain that’s fallen.
“This is reminiscent of last year’s July 4th flood. We’ve taken on a significant amount more water than last year’s flood. This morning, there was about 200,000 cubic feet per second of water coming through the Guadalupe, which was significantly higher than last year,” said Judge Shane Stolarczyk, with the Kendall County Commissioner’s Court.
“When we first got here about an hour ago, it would be under the bridge. And then it just kept rising and we kept moving back from the water. Definitely the highest I’ve seen,” said Becky and Barney Cash, who live in Kendall County.
“It definitely was not as strong over this side of the road. And then over the guardrails, it’s definitely bigger than last year,” added Macy Massey, another Kendall County resident.
“I’m worried if houses are going to get flooded,” said Harper, a Boerne resident.
The Source: The information in this story comes from the National Weather Service, Texas Game Wardens, Gov. Greg Abbott, public officials in the Texas Hill Country, and reporters from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, FOX 7 Austin, and FOX 26 Houston.