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Meteorologists say the Texas Hill Country is frequently hit with floods, although some officials and residents were caught off guard by the catastrophic storms, which killed more than 100 people over the holiday weekend.

Explore three decades of Guadalupe River Basin flood data by county with our interactive, searchable database.

While floodwaters claimed lives and shut down popular Hill Country rivers, the iconic waterpark is quietly recovering behind the scenes. Schlitterbahn New Braunfels was closed on Saturday, July 5, due to inclement weather,

At least 104 people are dead after heavy rain led to devastating flooding in Texas. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 87 deaths, including 30 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.

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.

Flash flooding and torrential rainstorms have caused evacuations and multiple road closures around Guadalupe and Comal counties.

Catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River over the weekend devastated several popular summer camps, claiming the lives of at least 27 young girls and leaving families from

Survivors have described the floods along the Guadalupe River as a “pitch black wall of death” and said they received no emergency warnings.