When Jacqueline White moved to the banks of the Guadalupe River in Comfort, Texas, two years ago, she could not imagine living in a more picturesque spot. On July 4, catastrophic floods turned it into a death trap.
“I don’t think I can live there any more,” said White, who is now staying with her sisters in the coastal town of Rockport. “We’re going to have to move a lot further away from the river.”
The people of the Texas Hill Country are reeling from a flash flood that swept through the region on Independence Day, inundating summer camps and trailer parks and destroying dozens of homes with a savagery that locals are struggling to fathom.