Days of torrential rain, record river levels and a San Antonio tornado battered communities across Texas, killing two people and damaging homes, businesses and roads.

For the second year in a row, a quiet Hill Country town is digging itself out of a catastrophe that has mercilessly taken a community trying to heal and set them back on the path of mourning.

Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged by last week’s floods in the Texas Hill Country, and the danger is not over yet for towns downstream.

Texas flood cleanup begins as Gov. Greg Abbott visits Kerrville with an update. He signed an emergency disaster declaration for 28 counties, unlocking federal aid. State deployed 2,700 personnel and made 270 rescues.

Summer camp operators in Texas' Hill Country were on high alert for severe flooding Wednesday and Thursday.

As Central Texas continues to recover from devastating flooding, five firefighters from the Wichita Falls Fire Department are helping local departments overwhelmed by the disaster.

Photos from the Corpus Christi Fire Department show firefighters deployed to assist with Texas flood response efforts as part of EMTF-11.

The Salvation Army is ramping up flood relief across the Texas Hill Country, adding mobile feeding units and new partners. Mercy Chefs and SBTC are boosting meal output as 59 counties join the disaster declaration.

As floodwaters continue moving through the Highland Lakes system, Lake Travis business owner Zach Steen is keeping a close eye on water levels that have risen dramatically in recent days.

The historic rainfall in central and south Texas that continues to cause significant flooding is worse this year than it was during the historic July 4 flood last year, Gov. Greg Abbott said.

After historic, record-shattering rainfall sent the Leona River and local creeks overflowing into Uvalde County homes, residents are left gutting their properties down to the studs while local disaster relief teams rush to serve thousands of hot meals.