Overview
- Flash floods struck the Texas Hill Country on Thursday, sweeping a home on Goat Creek and killing Kerrville resident John Mark Steward, his family said.
- The Uvalde Police Department confirmed a separate fatality when a 74-year-old man's vehicle was swept off U.S. Highway 83 after he ignored warnings not to drive into rising water.
- Texas Game Wardens and other first responders used boats and helicopters to evacuate and rescue hundreds of people from flooded roads and properties.
- Steward's wife, Jennie, posted on social media from North Texas asking for help before later announcing his body had been found in Center Point, a detail reported by family that has not yet been independently verified by authorities.
- The floods echo a deadly event last year that killed 130 people and highlight continuing questions about local flood preparedness and the dangers of driving through flooded roadways.