“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”

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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”

A harrowing first-person account of a family caught in the catastrophic 2025 Texas flood on the Guadalupe River. The author details their home being swept away, the struggle for survival in the raging water, the tragic loss of a child, and the eventual rescue of the remaining family members.

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heartbreaking. and that is just one story of many families in the texas floods. a flood that has come before and will likely come again.

Published

2025

Summary

A harrowing first-person account of a family caught in the catastrophic 2025 Texas flood on the Guadalupe River. The author details their home being swept away, the struggle for survival in the raging water, the tragic loss of a child, and the eventual rescue of the remaining family members.

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