Disaster declarations have been issued for parts of central Texas after heavy rains produced “a catastrophic flooding event” and killed an as yet unconfirmed number of people.
The National Weather Service issued multiple flash flood warnings followed by a flash flood emergency early on Friday morning for Gillespie and Mason counties, after more than a foot of rainfall fell in just a few hours in the hill country west of Austin.
The local news outlet KXAN warned that “life-threatening flooding is imminent or occurring. Leave low-lying or flood-prone areas immediately, but do not drive over water-covered roads.”
As someone from San Antonio, hearing that over 30 children 7 and up got washed away and likely died in a flash flood is heartbreaking.
There are lots of people who are liberal as fuck who live in Texas. We have to deal with gerrymandered districts and a shit ton of rural people who have more voting powers than us.
Also in TX. Seeing loads of heartless comments here. Hopefully we can come together as Texans and make some positive change.
Agreed. The negativity here is astounding