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In that day 43 people were taken by a flash flood in the Guadalupe River near the city of Comfort. [4] It was the worst flood of the Guadalupe River since 1932. [5] Ten people died, including a teenager who fell from a helicopter while being rescued as the rope broke. Of the ten fatalities, one body was never found.
The Guadalupe River (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d ə ˈ l u p /) [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [gwaðaˈlupe]) runs from Kerr County, Texas, to San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, with an average temperature of 17.75 degrees Celsius (63.95 degrees Fahrenheit). [5] It is a popular destination for rafting, fly fishing, and canoeing.
[61] [14] The Wichita Falls weather service office issued a tornado warning for Clay County at 6:11 p.m. CST shortly before the office lost power. [124] Homes were destroyed by the tornado south of TX-79 along a path from Wichita Falls to Dean, and Petrolia, contributing to the $15 million damage toll wrought by the twister in Clay County.
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The Guadalupe and Trinity Rivers left their banks, and the Brazos River and the Colorado River joined to flood more than 3,000 square miles of land and cause the deaths of at least 177 people and massive property damage ($3,436,144 in the Brazos Valley alone).
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An extremely violent and catastrophic F4 tornado touched down near Wichita Falls, killing 42 people and injuring 1,740. This is the second-highest number of injuries ever recorded for a single tornado in U.S. history, only surpassed by the 1925 Tri-State tornado . [ 68 ]