Roberto Marquez, an artist from Oak Cliff, uses river debris to create a healing space for families grieving flood losses in Kerr County.

It’s just nice to see how everyone’s coming together to help other people who are going through something tough,” said cheer team member Sierra Lemos.

The owner of a local RV park walked FOX 4 through the horrifying sequence of events that took place last week, throwing the future of their business into question.

Gov. Greg Abbott wrote a letter Wednesday morning instructing flags on state property to immediately be lowered statewide.

The flash flooding deluged summer camps in Kerr County, dotted along the Guadalupe River, and also left families in Burnet, Kendall, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson Counties looking for family

The record of frequent, often deadly floods in Central Texas goes back more than 200 years to July 1819, when floodwaters spilled into the major plazas of San Antonio. That city on the edge of the Hill Country was hit by major floods again in 1913, 1921, 1998 and 2025, to cite a few examples.

KWTX’s Gordon Collier sat down with Central Texas native Jenna B. Worden who was moved by the tragic Hill Country flooding and wrote a song to comfort those affected.

As tears streamed down their faces, community members looked at the photos attached to a growing memorial wall.