More than 160 people are still missing following the July 4 flooding, and search efforts in the Hill Country were cut short for the second day in a row as rain continued to drench the region.
Search teams and recovery crews were called off again on Monday afternoon when a renewed downpour swelled the Guadalupe River.
The Guadalupe River in at Hunt was up 11 feet and continued to rise throughout the afternoon.
Authorities restricted even emergency vehicle access to Highway 39, one of the places where homes were washed away.
One family returned to their property along that stretch of road Monday to look for anything they could salvage. They said after the rain started that the highway had become impassible.