Continual rain over the Texas Hill Country prompted several counties to be under flash flood warnings, with the biggest concern being rapidly rising creeks and rivers.
A man, identified by family members as 65-year-old Mark Steward, died near Comfort when he was swept away in an RV, while another woman was killed when the car she was driving was swept away near Uvalde, according to Texas Governor Greg Abbott. He added that more than 230 rescues have happened since the emergency began.
The National Weather Service announced that a gauge along the Guadalupe River had risen 32 feet in just four hours and was expected to reach a crest similar to the catastrophic July 4, 2025, river flood.
Abbott said in a press conference on Thursday that the Nueces River near Uvalde set a new record and was releasing water at twice the rate of Niagara Falls at one point.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department released an updated rescue count on Saturday afternoon.
According to the TPWD, 153 people have been rescued, 92 have been evacuated, and 5 pets/animals have been evacuated.
The department said the statistics only apply to Texas Game Wardens and that it does not have information on the response statistics of other agencies.
Firefighters rescued a woman from the attic of a flooded home in Kendall County on Thursday after she initially refused to evacuate earlier, rescue officials said.
According to the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department, firefighters attempted to evacuate a couple from their home due to the risk of flooding, but the couple chose to stay.
When crews returned later to check on them, they said they found a woman trapped in the attic, with the floodwater reaching two to three feet inside the house.
Comfort VFD said firefighters climbed into the attic, secured the woman into a rescue harness, and lowered her to safety. Officials said everyone made it out of the house safely.
ABC13 reporter Brianna Willis was live at Ingram, Texas, on Friday afternoon, with how flooding in the area has impacted residents.
Residents in Ingram shared a video with ABC13 showing that the bridge was severely damaged by water from the rising Guadalupe River.
The community members said that the bridge was also damaged by last year's Fourth of July floods.
A woman who refused to evacuate floodwaters at her home in Comfort, Texas, was rescued by fire crews on Thursday, according to the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department.
Once fire crews arrived, they found the woman trapped in the attic, according to Comfort VFD. Firefighters later secured the woman in a rescue harness and safely lowered her to the ground, fire officials said.
Additionally, Comfort VFD said that the woman's husband was safely evacuated as floodwaters reached approximately 2 to 3 feet inside the home.
