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The Texas Hill Country has been notorious for flash floods caused by the Guadalupe River. Here's why the area is called "Flash Flood Alley."
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In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.
Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead since July 4, when the Guadalupe River in central Texas swelled overnight and triggered flash floods that swept through an area known locally as “Flash Flood Alley.
In other words, we keep playing a game of chance with forces indifferent to us—until we are finally reminded of the cost of losing.
It was an emotionally overwhelming July 4th Friday for Gov. Glenn Youngkin as floodwaters roared down the Guadalope River in the Texas hill country – family and friends were vacationing there and while they are safe “I have to say there were moments when they weren’t,
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