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1 year on, Texas rains reopen wounds of deadly 2025 Hill Country flood for survivors

NPR | By Lucio Vasquez
Published July 18, 2026 at 7:42 AM EDT

As rainfall saturates Texas this week, Lorena Guillen reflects on the year it has been since she and her husband tried to save a family from their RV park in the massive Hill Country floods last year.

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