Evacuation orders were issued and high-water rescue operations were executed once again across central Texas on July 13 as heavy rain brought another round of river flooding to the already-devastated region.
This is the second major flood event to hit the Lone Star State since floods stemming mostly from the Guadalupe River struck during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, killing at least 129 people, including several children.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the afternoon of July 13 that the state was conducting rescue operations related to this new flood threat in San Saba, Lampasas, and Schleicher counties, and that evacuations were underway in Lampasas, Menard, Kimble, and Sutton counties….