At least one person has died in dangerous overnight flooding that prompted evacuations and damaged homes, schools and roads in the Hill Country.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that officials were working to confirm additional details about the victim.
Kerr County and the Kerr County Sheriff's Office also confirmed that there was one death from the flooding around Center Point, Texas, southeast of Kerrville. The sheriff's office said the person's identity won't be released until next of kin are notified.
It's not yet clear whether Abbott and county officials are referring to the same victim. KUT News has reached out for clarification.
Multiple rounds of storms have hit Texas this week, resulting in "catastrophic flooding," according to the National Weather Service. The agency's preliminary data shows that Uvalde received more than 21 inches of rainfall from Monday to Thursday, while Kerrville received more than 19.
A tornado also touched down in San Antonio on Wednesday, damaging homes and businesses.
The continued flooding has triggered multiple flash flood emergencies, on top of numerous flash flood warnings, in the Hill Country on Thursday, including for parts of the Guadalupe River, Pedernales River, Uvalde County and Kerr County.
A flash flood emergency is issued in "exceedingly rare" situations in which catastrophic damage is expected and lives are threatened, according to the National Weather Service.
As of Wednesday, more than 1,300 people helped respond to the recent floods, Abbott said. More than 70 people have been rescued.
Abbott said flooding of the Guadalupe River was more severe downstream from Kerrville than upstream, where many summer camps are located.
"Right now, I am informed that none of those camps are facing any type of danger," he said at an 11 a.m. press conference on Thursday.
The area around Comfort, Texas, is experiencing the brunt of the flooding, Abbott said.
The extreme flooding comes a little more than a year after rising floodwaters killed more than 130 people in Texas on the Fourth of July weekend, including 25 campers, two counselors and the owner of Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River.
Some residents in the flooded areas reported that damage appeared to be worse on Thursday morning than last year.
Evacuations have happened in the region, and officials are considering further evacuation orders.
Flood sirens in the region worked, Abbott said, with the exception of one that was delayed by five or 10 minutes early Thursday morning.
Abbott said he plans to travel to areas of Texas affected by flooding over the next 24 hours.
"The state is providing all available resources to make sure that [residents] will be taken care of," he said. "They will be rescued, they will be made safe."
Helicopters and drones are scanning the area to assist people who are stranded.
This is a developing story.
The Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey contributed to this story.
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