Texas, catastrophic flooding
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A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the community's grief.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania will visit Kerrville on Friday, one week after Central Texas floods killed over 100 people.
President Trump and First Lady Melania met with families in the Texas Hill Country. He praised first responders amid tense talks on flood disaster response.
The White House says the president will visit the state emergency operations center to meet with first responders and relatives of flood victims.
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Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
Family members have identified more than a dozen people who are presumed missing after severe flooding in the Texas Hill Country on Fourth of July weekend.
In the heart of Kerrville, hundreds gathered Thursday evening for a community vigil honoring the victims of the catastrophic Hill Country flooding — a disaster that has already claimed at least 103 lives in Kerr County, with more than 100 still missing.
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.