Texas flooding surges from huge rainstorms as rescuers pull people from rising waters

Dangerous flooding in Texas has intensified after days of pounding rain, sending emergency crews scrambling to rescue people from the rising waters before sunrise Thursday and setting off urgent warnings from forecasters: “Move to higher ground now!” The National Weather Service in San Antonio said a “large and deadly flood wave” was barreling down the same river devastated by floods a year ago when two dozen children and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic.

There was no immediate word of any deaths or injuries from the flooding.

Several tornado warnings were also issued.

The storms threatened multiple counties close to the border with Mexico and in the Texas Hill Country near San Antonio.

City officials in Kerrville urged people to shelter at the highest levels of their homes.

Floodwaters overran the city of Uvalde overnight into Thursday, cutting off access to surrounding areas.

“There’s no way into the city at this point in time.

Rescues have been happening overnight,” Juli Alvarado, a spokesperson for Uvalde police, said Thursday morning.

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