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A growing wall of flowers and photographs honoring the victims of last weekend’s deadly floods has been taking shape in Kerrville over the last 48 hours.
Dozens of people gathered Saturday night at the Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden in Kerrville, where the sounds of music and spoken prayer filled the air. Faith leaders and residents came together to honor the lives lost and support those still reeling from the flood’s destruction.
A chain-link fence that separates Water Street in the center of Kerrville from the Guadalupe River just a few hundred feet away has become a makeshift memorial, with the flower-covered stretch serving as a focal point for a grieving community.
A large memorial is growing on Water Street in Kerrville with flowers and photos of each of the victims from Friday’s tragic flooding.
At least 161 are still unaccounted for after the July Fourth floods that saw the waters of the Guadalupe rise to historic levels in Central Texas, officials with Kerr County said Friday. Authorities have confirmed 103 deaths, 36 of whom are children.
A simple grey fence has blossomed into a colorful memorial as the community of Kerrville finds a way to honor and remember those lost in the tragic Hill Country flooding.
A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the community's grief.