Updated
Updated · NPR · Jul 3
Kerrville Residents Mark 1st Anniversary of Guadalupe River Flood
Updated
Updated · NPR · Jul 3

Kerrville Residents Mark 1st Anniversary of Guadalupe River Flood

3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jul 3

Summary

  • Kerrville residents marked the first anniversary of the Guadalupe River flood, holding a somber remembrance for a disaster that devastated central Texas communities.
  • The anniversary centers on a catastrophic flood that brought death and widespread destruction along the river, leaving lasting scars across the region.
  • The commemoration underscores how the flood remains a defining event for Kerrville and nearby communities one year later.

Insights

Is the Kerrville flood a tragic preview of what's to come for other towns in America's 'Flash Flood Alley'?
Why are people still allowed to rebuild in the same floodplains that were just devastated by Texas's deadliest flood?
A year after 137 deaths, why is a promised life-saving warning system still dangerously incomplete?