At least one dead as life-threatening flash floods and storms hit central Texas

At least one person has died as life-threatening flash floods sweep across south-central Texas, The Guardian reports. Flash flood emergencies were issued on Thursday for parts of Kerr and Uvalde counties, along with areas near the Guadalupe and Pedernales rivers, where crews carried out water rescues. As much as twenty inches of rain has already fallen in some areas. It comes just one year after the same region endured catastrophic flooding that killed more than one hundred people.

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