After deadly floods in 2025, Texas implemented improved warning systems and safety rules. A new round of catastrophic flash floods this week, affecting some of the same areas, saw residents receive alerts and sirens, leading to saved lives, though challenges in vast rural areas persist.
Texas Hill Country experienced deadly flash flooding for the second year in a row, causing high-water rescues, road closures, and at least one death. Relentless downpours led to rivers rising rapidly, with the Guadalupe River surpassing last year's levels in some areas.
A Cessna 421C crashed Thursday night in Wimberley, Texas, killing all five people aboard. The plane was traveling at a high rate of speed when it went down around 11:25pm, having taken off from Amarillo about two hours earlier and heading to New Braunfels National Airport. The FAA and NTSB will investigate the crash. Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said a second aircraft in the area landed safely at the New Braunfels airport.
A small plane crash in Wimberley, Texas, killed all five people aboard Thursday night. The Cessna 421C was traveling from Amarillo to New Braunfels National Airport when it crashed around 11:25pm in the Texas Hill Country area, about 40 miles southwest of Austin. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.
