Epicenter of Texas floods hit with dangerous new flash flooding — just 9 days after 129 were killed

( NYPost )

Texas was hammered with heavy rain again Sunday, just nine days after catastrophic flash floods left more than 120 people dead in one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history. 

“Life-threatening flash flooding” struck Kerr and Gillespie Counties on Sunday, as rainfall rates were expected to reach 1 to 2 inches per hour.

Between 9 and 12 inches of rain was expected in some isolated areas.

Kerr County was the hardest hit region when the Guadalupe River surged 20 feet in just 90 minutes in the early hours of July 4, killing 27 counselors and children at a Christian summer camp.

“Texas Task Force One and Texas Parks & Wildlife are making swift water rescues in Lampasas County. We continue to monitor all counties with a focus on saving lives,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote on X Sunday afternoon.

Abbot said the state has expanded its rescue effort, kicked off in Kerr County last week, to include San Saba, Lampasas and Schleicher counties, with evacuations taking place in Lampasas, Menard, Kimble and Sutton counties.

At least 100 homes have been damaged in the latest round of flooding in areas to the north of Kerr County, Ashley Johnson, CEO of the Hill Country Community Action Association, told AP.

The Lampasas River, which spans multiple counties in the Lone Star State, is in major flood stage after surging more than 30 feet. The San Saba River has also been rising rapidly during the latest storms and is expected to surge 30 feet by Sunday night.

A “considerable” flash flood warning is in place and alerts should have been sent to all phones in the area, according to the National Weather Service.

The flood warning is in place until 7 p.m. Sunday.

Areas affected include places devastated by last week’s flooding, such as Hunt and Kerrville, home to Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ summer camp where 27 campers and counselors lost their lives.

A “Code Red” message was issued on Sunday by the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office, urging the county’s 50,000 residents to be ready to leave their homes at a moment’s notice.

“This is not an evacuation but a preparation notification. Be prepared to evacuate along the Guadalupe River due to bad weather and flooding,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.

The National Weather Service warned the river could breach its banks again — rising to nearly 15 feet by the afternoon, which would be enough to submerge Highway 39 in Hunt.

Kerrville officials gave the order for search crews — who have worked tirelessly since the flash flooding began July 4 — to suspend their rescue efforts as the new warnings hit.

The suspension in the face of the heavy rain comes as hope begins to fade for the 170 people still missing.

“We will provide more information soon but for now, all search crews need to evacuate the river corridor until further notice,” the Kerrville Police Department said in a statement on Sunday.

Dramatic footage of flood waters deluging the streets was shared by the city of Kerrville on Facebook on Sunday.

Residents have been urged not to try and take videos or photos of the rising waters by the fire department in Ingram, six miles east of Kerrville.

“We are seeing the same weather pattern today that we experienced on July 4 – and we know how quickly that turned deadly,” the Ingram Fire Department warned on social media.

Rain is expected to continue in the area overnight into Monday, with the forecast drying out by midweek.