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As search crews continued to look for the 100-plus still missing in the Kerrville area, another round of flooding triggered more evacuations in Central Texas.

On Sunday, the Lampasas River rose to over 30 feet south of Killeen, Texas. As you can see in this video, the river rose quickly, sending large chunks of debris into the strong current in Youngsport.

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The rising river forced the evacuation of two RV parks in the area and a local police department.

Deadly Flooding In Central Texas

Ground searches for survivors of the Texas floods were suspended last week following a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service. The areas around Hunt and Ingram, Texas, were evacuated as floodwaters rose on the Guadalupe River again, a week after the tragic July 4 flash flood.

After several hours of heavy rain on Sunday, the nearby Lampasas River rose from under 2 feet to above 33 feet in less than five hours. The nearby San Saba River was forecast to rise to above 30 feet before the end of the day.

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"With these storms sitting nearly stationary over the same areas that were hit so hard on July 4, it's not going to take much for these areas to face extreme flooding once again," said weather.com digital meteorologist Jennifer Gray.

The death toll in hardest-hit Kerr County, Texas, has climbed to 106 — including 36 children — as the devastating aftermath of the Hill Country flooding continues to leave a trail of heartbreak. Five young campers and a counselor from Camp Mystic are still missing, part of a staggering 161 people unaccounted for in Kerr County.

The statewide death toll is now 132, with deaths in six different counties.

Farmers Begin To Assess Damage And Start Repairs

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said there has been so much rain so quickly that some farmers are seeing complete loss or severe damage to their crops and infrastructure, in several counties and beyond the banks of overflowing rivers.

“We’ve had farm equipment washed down the river. We’ve had tractors underwater, so they’re totaled, won’t be able to use those. Irrigation equipment wadded up like a bowl of spaghetti,” Miller told the Associated Press. “We’re finding cattle dead on top of trees downriver. So it’s pretty devastating.”

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In the town of Bend, about two hours north of Austin, Boyd Clark waded into rising waters to help one of his stranded ostrich hens. Matthew Ketterman spent several agonizing hours trapped on top of his truck amid coursing rapids after driving out to check the fences on his exotic game ranch outside Burnet, about an hour south of Bend. And the overflowing San Gabriel River knocked Christmas trees sideways and staff had to get petting zoo animals into a temporary pen at Sweet Eats Adventure Farm in Georgetown, about 65 miles east of Ketterman's ranch.

“We expect it to happen again. It’s never a question of if, but when,” said Jon Meredith, co-owner of Sweet Eats. “And so we just continue to try to mitigate our losses and reduce our risk around events like this.”

Recovery Still Ongoing

Ten states have now sent elite recovery teams to the area in a massive effort to find the missing and bring relief to families. "It's really heartbreaking from a first responder standpoint," said Lynn Bizzell, fire chief from nearby Fredericksburg. "We are praying for the families. We’re praying for those who have lost loved ones."

At a news conference earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed continued support: "Know this: We will not stop until every missing person is accounted for."

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Hundreds of people came together for a vigil and prayer ceremony Wednesday night to honor the 121 victims so far identified across Central Texas.

The death toll from the catastrophic flooding makes this tragedy the deadliest rainfall-driven flash flood in the U.S. since 1976. The devastation, now surpassing the flood-related death toll from Hurricane Helene, stretches across six counties in the heart of the state.

Some more small relief: Power has been restored in parts of Kerrville knocked out since the floods struck on the Fourth of July holiday.

On Wednesday, the Kerrville Police Department asked volunteers and residents not to disturb large debris piles or attempt to use heavy equipment to tear them down, because storm victims could be buried beneath. Before beginning any cleanup of large areas, they're asking people to contact city search teams first. They also announced that a burn ban remains in effect across Kerr County.

Rescue teams, including some international responders, are painstakingly combing through debris-strewn riverbanks and damaged communities.

Although they’re equipped with boats, aircraft, and support from agencies like the Arkansas National Guard and Mexican emergency crews, the last confirmed live rescue occurred Friday.

Firefighter Jesus Gomez told the AP that the search process is difficult, with much of the searching done by hand.

"It's hard, but first responders, we're a different breed, pretty much," Gomez said. "It's a lot of mental health things we need to do, but it's not the first time we see a dead body."

City officials urged people to stop flying drones over the area after they said a private drone operating illegally Monday afternoon collided with a helicopter involved in emergency operations. The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing and is out of service until further notice.

Many of the victims and missing were from Camp Mystic, a century-old, all-girls summer camp near Texas's Guadalupe River. In an announcement on their website on Monday, the camp confirmed that they lost more than two dozen campers and counselors in the disaster.

Part of that statement said, "Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly."

Five campers and one counselor were still missing on Thursday.

“The camp was completely destroyed,” said Elinor Lester, 13, one of hundreds of campers. “A helicopter landed and started taking people away. It was really scary.”

At least 25 others have been confirmed dead in five other counties: Travis, Burnet, Tom Green, Kendall and Williamson.

During a news conference on Monday in Kerrville, city manager Dalton Rice spoke about the massive size of the disaster area, noting that search and rescue operations are covering more than 60 miles between Kerr and Comal counties.

Rice said: "We have different segments that are gridded out, each one of those segments are taking anywhere between an hour to three hours, up to two kilometers for each segment. So what that means is we’re running into a lot of technical challenges with terrain, with water, even potentially with weather you know in the rising fields."

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The devastating flooding came in the middle of the night on July 3, surging into people’s homes in the wee hours of July Fourth. Lorena Guillen, the owner of a local restaurant, told the Associated Press that if people had seen what July third looked like, they would have never guessed what was coming that night.

Guillen said: “Hearing the screams because you couldn't see anything, it was pitch black, but hearing people's screams, kids screaming, asking for help, cars were floating away with the lights on. You could see the lights and you can hear honking. And there was like not one or two, but there were dozens of vehicles just floating away and I was just, it was just too much."

Abbott issued a disaster declaration across 21 counties. President Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration Sunday for Kerr County, activating the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Texas.

The Guadalupe River, fed by torrential rain, rose 26 feet in 45 minutes. In a post on X, Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist and flooding expert in the region, said preliminary data from a USGS team shows the river went on to hit an elevation of more than 37 feet, according to a gauge in the Hunt area.

That would surpass a flood record set in 1932. In Kerrville, a peak gauge height of more than 34 feet was recorded, the third-highest recorded for that location.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey is being praised for his heroic actions that saved nearly 200 people at Camp Mystic. Petty Officer Scott Ruskin was on his first mission and became the only triage coordinator on the scene after his team decided he would stay there to help coordinate rescues.

Ruskin was able to get 165 people out of the flood zone and onto rescue helicopters, working along with the Army National Guard. The Coast Guard said 230 people were eventually evacuated from Camp Mystic during those efforts on Friday.

Many survivors were allowed to start returning to what’s left of their neighborhoods on Sunday and while they told terrifying stories of the flooding, they also shared stories of helping neighbors escape and how their communities are coming together to pick up the pieces and help each other.

A woman living in a devastated mobile home park in Georgetown said, “There’ve been some neighbors that have come that live close by offering to help, offering food whatever they can do it’s good to know people in Texas can help at a time like this.“

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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