Kerr County

Leaders promised a lot of change after floodwaters tore through Kerr County in 2025, killing more than 100 people. A year later, where do things stand?

The Texas Newsroom and FRONTLINE (PBS) are collaborating on a new five-part podcast series, After the Flood, an intimate and deeply reported look at the catastrophic Central Texas flooding that killed more than 130 people over the Fourth of July weekend in 2025.

Kerr County has built a disaster relief center with many governmental help agencies under one roof.

A new assessment projects that the July 4 floods in Kerr County could result in more than 6,000 adult PTSD cases and 2,000 serious emotional disturbances in children without sustained access to mental health services.

The county where more than 100 died in July floods wants to quickly build a $5 million flood warning system.

The flood warning system is largely automatic with little room for human intervention.

But other FEMA operations will continue after deadly July flooding

The July 4th floodwaters that surged along the upper Guadalupe River left families grieving and a community devastated. Recovery is ongoing, but over the weekend, the Friday night lights of high school football gave Kerrville residents a brief reprieve and a chance to gather and cheer for something familiar and hopeful.

County Judge Rob Kelly wants it in place before next summer.

The Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas in San Antonio has a team in the area impacted by the flooding along the upper Guadalupe River. They have been serving dozens of families dealing with the devastating loss of kids following flooding disaster in Kerrville and surrounding areas.