Overview
- A slow‑moving storm over the week dumped extreme rain on the Hill Country, and on Thursday authorities reported rapid river surges that forced hundreds of rescues and mass evacuations.
- Gov. Greg Abbott said more than 2,350 emergency responders and about 1,400 vehicles, including 85 boats and 21 aircraft, have been deployed and crews have completed hundreds of water rescues.
- Two people died in the floods, one identified as 65‑year‑old John Mark Steward of Kerrville whose mobile home was swept away and a second person swept from a vehicle near Uvalde.
- Flooding damaged roads and bridges across the region, and the Farm‑to‑Market 481 bridge in Uvalde County collapsed as officials began local damage assessments.
- Shelters and relief funds were activated and officials said warning towers and alert systems installed after last year’s deadly floods helped issue earlier notices, though forecasters warned an additional 10 to 15 inches of rain could fall over saturated areas.