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A KERA News reporter heads south to Crystal City in Zavala County to check in on her community.

The storms killed at least two people and prompted disaster declarations covering dozens of counties.

Warmer air holds more water. When that air encounters the right weather conditions, bigger storms emerge.

Residents are now taking stock of the damage after a historic storm wreaked havoc across the Hill Country and South Central Texas. Some of the worst-hit areas include Uvalde and Zavala counties.

About a year ago, the Guadalupe River destroyed their RV park, where a family was swept away by the raging water.

A 65-year-old Kerrville man is dead after floodwaters swept away his mobile home.

At least two people died after extreme flooding hit the Hill Country late Wednesday into Thursday morning.

Communities across San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country are beginning to respond after heavy rains caused dangerous flooding, evacuations and damage across the region.

This week's floods came just after the anniversary of some of the worst flooding in state history.

Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.

Gov. Greg Abbott said South Central Texas should expect “life threatening catastrophic floods," through Thursday, mainly concentrated around the Nueces River Basin.

The move adds another layer of uncertainty to five lawsuits filed by families accusing Camp Mystic operators of failing to protect their children during last year’s catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country.