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On the night of July 16 and into the morning of the 17th, almost 12 inches (300 mm) of rain had fallen across the Texas hill country to the north, triggering immense flooding on the Guadalupe River. The camp was scheduled to end on the 17th and the children were to be headed home later that day, but camp supervisors at the ranch decided to ...
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.
Lake Gonzales was a reservoir on the Guadalupe River 4 miles (6 km) southeast of the town of Belmont in Gonzales County, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1931 by the construction of a dam to provide hydroelectric power to the area. Management of the dam and lake was assumed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on May 1, 1963.
About 150 cars were swept from the Packard Motor Co. at 2400 W. Seventh St. during the May 1949 flood of the Trinity River. At least 10 people were killed and 13,000 left homeless during one of ...
Part of Canyon Lake Gorge. Canyon Lake Gorge is a limestone gorge in Texas, which is around 1 mile (1.6 km) long, hundreds of yards (metres) wide, and up to 50 feet (15 m) or more deep, which was exposed in 2002 when extensive flooding of the Guadalupe River led to a huge amount of water going over the spillway from Canyon Lake reservoir and removing the sediment from the gorge.
Lake Wood was a reservoir on the Guadalupe River 4 miles (6 km) west of the town of Gonzales in Gonzales County, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1931 by the construction of a dam to provide hydroelectric power to the area. Management of the dam and lake was assumed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on May 1, 1963. Lake Wood served as a ...
A body was found on Monday in the water of the Trinity River in Fort Worth, police said. The body was found about 11:30 a.m. at bridge mark WF2220. The circumstances of the discovery are under ...
PETA’s letter to the District Attorney’s Office also cites the deaths of dozens of marine animals in plastic bags, “likely suffocating to death,” while being shipped to Fort Worth in a U ...