{"id":375644,"date":"2026-07-16T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375644\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:40:07","slug":"live-1-dead-as-guadalupe-river-flooding-devastates-kerr-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375644\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: 1 dead as Guadalupe River flooding devastates Kerr County"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATCH IT LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n

KERR COUNTY, Texas – A dangerous flood emergency turned deadly early this morning as rapidly rising water along the Guadalupe River prompted evacuations, water rescues and widespread road closures across Kerr County. <\/p>\n

The Mayor Pro Tem of Kerrville confirmed one person has died as catastrophic flooding swept through the area. Officials have not released any information about the victim. <\/p>\n

The confirmation came as emergency crews continued responding to numerous rescue calls and warned residents that life-threatening flooding was ongoing throughout the county.<\/p>\n

Officials issued an urgent warning for residents living along the Guadalupe River, particularly downstream toward Comfort, urging them to seek higher ground immediately after the river rose 16 feet in just 30 minutes. Emergency managers warned people not to wait until floodwaters reached their homes before evacuating and urged everyone to stay away from flooded roads, low-water crossings and river access points.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Hunt and Kerrville after torrential rain continued to fall across the South Fork of the Guadalupe River watershed, warning that catastrophic flooding was occurring and additional rainfall would only worsen conditions.<\/p>\n

The City of Kerrville is urging residents to shelter in place immediately as a Flash Flood Warning remains in effect, advising everyone to move to the highest safe level of their home and avoid all unnecessary travel through flooded areas.<\/p>\n

LIVE: Flood Watch stays in effect through Thursday evening as storms threaten South Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Hunt and Kerrville as heavy rain continued to fall across the South Fork of the Guadalupe River watershed. Officials warned the additional rainfall could lead to major flooding along the Guadalupe River.<\/p>\n

Emergency officials also warned of a large wall of water moving down Harper Road, according to the Tierra Linda Volunteer Fire Department.<\/p>\n

The Sydney Baker Bridge is temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n

As conditions rapidly deteriorated, the Buckhorn Lake Resort on Goat Creek Road near Interstate 10 and the Ingram RV Park began evacuating guests. A shelter and reunification center was established at Calvary Temple Church, located at 3000 Loop 534 in Kerrville.<\/p>\n

Emergency officials have opened three shelters in Uvalde as widespread flooding and rising water levels along the Leona, Nueces and Frio rivers continue to threaten the area. Residents needing a safe place to stay can go to:<\/p>\n

Flores Elementary Campus at 901 N. Getty St.Dalton Elementary School at 600 N. Fourth St.Southwest Texas College at 2401 Garner Field Road.<\/p>\n

By about 2:30 a.m., emergency crews had responded to at least six major water rescue calls. One involved a mother and child trapped near Indian Creek Road in Ingram, but floodwaters prevented firefighters from reaching them. Flooding also made the road between Kerrville and Hunt impassable, limiting access for emergency responders.<\/p>\n

Fire departments from Ingram and Kerrville, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety, sheriff’s deputies and other emergency agencies, called in additional personnel as rescue requests mounted.<\/p>\n

The flooding forced multiple road closures across the county. Highway 39 remained closed because of high water, while Interstate 10 West was shut down near mile marker 589, just west of State Highway 41, because of a major crash. Drivers were urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, officials with CAMP (Children’s Association for Maximum Potential) said everyone at the camp is safe despite being temporarily cut off by floodwaters. Skyline Drive flooded after a storm surge upstream, but officials said the main camp sits more than 80 feet above the Guadalupe River and all cabins remain dry.<\/p>\n

Campers and staff are sheltering in place with power, backup generators, food and essential supplies while remaining in contact with emergency management officials.<\/p>\n

Authorities also reported street flooding throughout Ingram, warning that many city streets and secondary roads were likely impassable.<\/p>\n

Officials warned the flooding remains a life-threatening situation as additional rain continues to move across the region. Residents are urged to monitor weather alerts, move to higher ground if flooding threatens and never attempt to drive through flooded roadways.<\/p>\n

Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly has signed a local disaster declaration and formally requested assistance from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as catastrophic flooding continues to impact the county.<\/p>\n

A disaster declaration allows local governments to access additional emergency resources and speeds up the response to a major event. It can help unlock state assistance, reimburse emergency response costs and make it easier to coordinate personnel, equipment and other resources needed during a disaster.<\/p>\n

The declaration comes as Kerr County faces life-threatening flooding, widespread road closures, water rescues and damage caused by rapidly rising waters along the Guadalupe River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WATCH IT LIVE KERR COUNTY, Texas – A dangerous flood emergency turned deadly early this morning as rapidly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-375644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375644","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=375644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}