STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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DEATH TOLL RISING: 100+ deaths statewide, more than 90 along the Guadalupe River
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FLASH FLOOD HISTORY: Texas has a history of flash flooding
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DEADLIEST FLOODS: Kerr County flood likely ranks in the top three
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It’s painful to discuss. The loss of life is unimaginable. While we are still grappling with what happened, it’s important to understand the historic nature of this flood. It likely already ranks as the third-deadliest flood in Texas history.
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DEADLIEST FLOODS IN TEXAS HISTORY:
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Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900: The worst flood — and natural disaster in general — resulted in the death of anywhere from 6,000 to 12,000 residents.
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San Antonio floods of 1913: The San Antonio River flooded, killing 180
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Hill Country Flood: 90 and rising
This does not include Hurricane Audrey of 1957 or the Galveston hurricane of 1915, as they had higher death counts, but not all the deaths were flood-related.
DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTERS IN TEXAS
If you look at natural disasters in general, it likely still ranks in the top 10. Which is incredible, considering many of the large disasters happened in the previous century.
It joins the likes of the 1953 Waco tornado, Hurricanes Harvey and Carla, and the big winter storm of 2021, just to name a few.
>> Why was the Hill Country flood so deadly?
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