{"id":373677,"date":"2026-07-15T06:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:01:20","slug":"texas-declares-emergency-amid-high-risk-of-flash-flooding-a-year-after-state-was-hit-by-camp-mystic-disaster-that-killed-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373677\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas declares emergency amid high risk of flash flooding a year after state was hit by Camp Mystic disaster that killed 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott<\/a> has issued a disaster declaration amid a high risk of flash flooding, a year after the state was hit by floodwaters that killed 28 people at Camp Mystic<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The National Weather Service announced a high risk of flash flooding for parts of the U.S. 90 corridor, west of San Antonio on Tuesday, including the southern Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande. <\/p>\n

Avery Tomasco, a meteorologist for CBS Austin, called the alert \u201cunreal\u201d in an X post<\/a> Tuesday. <\/p>\n

According to Abbott\u2019s disaster declaration<\/a>, nearly 60 Texas counties will be hit by severe storms that started Monday, including Kerr County, where a flood killed more than 100 people, including 25 girls at a Christian summer camp, just over a year ago. Two teenage Camp Mystic counselors and the camp\u2019s director were also killed in the flood. <\/p>\n

There are flash flood warnings for Medina and Uvalde counties until 12 a.m., local time. Between four and 10 inches of rain have fallen in Medina County, and between five and 12 inches in Uvalde County as of around 4 p.m. <\/p>\n

\"GameGame wardens walk through high waters from heavy rains in Uvalde County, Texas (AP)<\/p>\n

The Texas Department of Public Safety for South Texas shared a video <\/a>on X of its tactical Marine units rescuing stranded Uvalde County drivers in floodwaters. <\/p>\n

The video showed a clip of an emergency vehicle with a rescue boat hitched to the back as it drove on a semi-flooded road. Other clips in the video showed a rescue boat moving down a completely submerged street and a group of three people trudging through water.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t walk or drive through flooded roads. Turn Around, Don\u2019t Drown,\u201d the agency warned in its post.<\/p>\n

\"TexasTexas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration amid a high risk of flash flooding, a year after the state was hit by floodwaters that killed 28 people at Camp Mystic (Texas Department of Public Safety)\"NearlyNearly 60 Texas counties will be hit by severe storms that started Monday, including Kerr County, where a flood killed more than 100 people, including 25 girls at a Christian summer camp, just over a year ago (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A storm chaser who goes by Chris Weather Chasing online shared drone footage<\/a> of the commercial area Tuesday, which showed murky water flooding a main road and its surrounding parking lots. <\/p>\n

\u201cDrone footage of severe flash flooding in Uvalde, TX. E Main Street is underwater and impassable in front of Hobby Lobby,\u201d the storm chaser wrote on X alongside the video. <\/p>\n

The Texas Game Wardens, a Parks and Wildlife Department team that conducts search and rescue operations during natural disasters, shared a video<\/a> on Facebook Tuesday of roaring floodwaters that carried a car away. <\/p>\n

The Game Wardens noted that the people inside the car were rescued shortly before it was swept up. <\/p>\n

\"AbbottAbbott noted that heavy rainfall across Southwest, Central and Southeast Texas is expected to continue through the end of the week (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Abbott said his disaster declaration will ensure the rapid deployment of state resources. <\/p>\n

\u201cTexas is positioned to respond quickly and effectively. I urge all Texans in affected areas to monitor local weather forecasts, avoid driving through flooded roadways, and have emergency supplies ready,\u201d the governor said. <\/p>\n

Abbott noted that heavy rainfall across Southwest, Central and Southeast Texas is expected to continue through the end of the week. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe protection of Texans is my top priority,\u201d the governor said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-373677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}