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In an aerial view, the sun sets on the Guadalupe river on July 06, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Strong precipitation caused serious floods along the Guadalupe river, in central Texas, leaving dozens reported dead.

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In an aerial view, the sun sets on the Guadalupe river on July 06, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Strong precipitation caused serious floods along the Guadalupe river, in central Texas, leaving dozens reported dead.

Brandon Bell / Getty images

Imagine standing in the water shallow enough to barely knock the sole from your feet. And then it goes up so fast that in about ten minutes, it’s around your neck. This is how speed the Guadalupe river in Texas increased last week, according to state officials.

Twenty-six feet in less than an hour.

That the floods have made dozens of dead and devastated companies. Managers, emergency teams and volunteers hope that more survivors will be found. But during a press conference today, officials warned that the number of deaths will continue to increase.

In Texas Hill Country, climate change and geography conspired to create one of the worst generations.

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This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam, Erika Ryan, Connor Donevan and Marc Rivers with audio engineering from Ted Mebane. He was published by Courtney Dorning, Rachel Waldholz and Alfredo Carbajal. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun