Escalating Alerts of Dangerous Flooding Arrived When People Were Sleeping
More urgent warnings followed overnight, while many were sleeping, telling people to prepare for flash floods. By early Friday morning, the rain-swollen Guadalupe River, which has its headwaters in Kerr County, had turned into a raging torrent.
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