KPRC 2 has been in Kerrville and the Texas Hill Country since shortly after July 4’s devastating flood on the Guadalupe River.

It was Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard on the Fourth of July along the Guadalupe River.

The National Weather Service issued cellphone alerts repeatedly in Kerr County as the Guadalupe River rose early Friday morning. Around the north and south forks that feed the river, forecasters ...