The search for flooding victims is ongoing, Kerr County Sheriff Larry L. Leitha said Monday, noting that searchers lost half to three-quarters of their search day on Sunday due to heavy rains.
“We’ll keep looking,” he said at Monday’s Kerr County commissioners court session.
Members of a search and rescue team embrace as they visit a memorial wall for flood victims, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.
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One commissioner is asking for more cell service, sirens and “diversion dams” in the wake of the catastrophic flooding.
A model showed 36 feet of water in the unincorporated community of Center Point, with the flooding moving at 1.5 million gallons per second, he said at Monday’s meeting.
Another commissioner said he’s been getting death threats by people “playing a blame game.”
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