A "catastrophic" and deadly flooding emergency was unfolding in Texas on the Fourth of July as heavy rains caused the Guadalupe River to rapidly rise. People have died in Kerr County and roads were flooding in Kerrville, a city of 25,000 people about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio, authorities said.

Water rescues and evacuations are underway in central Texas Friday morning after months’ worth of torrential rain fell in the span of hours, sending river levels surging and triggering deadly flash flooding.