Flood July 2026

Assistant Kerrville City Manager Michael Hornes urges patience among flood victims seeking support.

Waters could rise above riverbanks, onto roads.

Hundreds of federal border buoys broke loose during recent flooding along the Rio Grande, disrupting traffic at international bridges and intensifying concerns that the floating barriers could endanger critical infrastructure and public safety.

Uvalde County commissioners approved a flood assessment coordinator to document damage for FEMA reimbursement but delayed a debris removal plan while awaiting landfill approval and additional state guidance.

Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed a third flood-related death after a driver was swept away in Val Verde County. He also praised La Salle County's advance preparations as floodwaters continued moving down the Nueces River.

With a Super El Niño brewing in the atmosphere, there's concern about what the weather pattern means for the U.S. and the Southwest. Texas is already experiencing another summer of weather extremes: destructive rainfall and flooding followed by dangerous heat, with Tropical Storm Bertha now moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico.

In communities along the Nueces and Leona rivers, residents are distributing supplies, serving meals and helping families recover from last week’s floods.

The storms killed at least two people and prompted disaster declarations covering dozens of counties.

Historic floodwaters inundated Uvalde and neighboring communities last week. Now, residents already familiar with tragedy say they're coping the only way they know how: by helping each other out.

Early Thursday morning, the waters of Town Creek flooded a row of homes along its banks in Kerrville, damaging homes that were spared the year before.