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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandra Martinez, Graphics by Edison Wu

Hills, rivers and rocky terrain: Why the Hill Country keeps flooding

An overturned vehicle on the banks of the Blanco River on May 26, 2015, two days after catastrophic area flooding.
An overturned vehicle on the banks of the Blanco River on May 26, 2015, two days after catastrophic flooding in the Wimberley area. (Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune)

When floodwaters tore through the Texas Hill Country on July Fourth weekend, killing more than 100 people — including campers and counselors at an all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River — Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly was quick to voice shock.

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