This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?

The National Weather Service released a flash flood warning at 1:17 p.m. on Saturday in effect until 3:45 p.m. for Franklin and Hampshire counties.

Residents are still reckoning with the damage inflicted by seven federally declared major disasters over the past two years.

Residents in Felton received a notice on Wednesday night to attempt to find higher ground due to potential flooding and dangerous conditions.READ MORE |Felton

EDT on Friday, the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory in effect until 10 p.m. EDT for Genesee and Lapeer counties.

Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.

Residents in a York County community are being asked to move to higher ground as storms move through the area and streams and creeks rise. North Hopewell Township Police is asking residents of Felton Borough to move to higher ground.

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Residents of Felton Borough were urged to move to higher ground Wednesday evening due to flooding. Around 9:30 p.m., the North Hopewell Township Police Department alerted residents via Facebook that flooded streams and creeks had created unsafe conditions in the area.

Felton Borough residents are being urged to move to higher ground due to flooding in the area. The North Hopewell Township police department posted a notice on Facebook, asking all residents to move to higher ground until further notice. Police say local streams and creeks are currently rising and several roadways and bridges are flooded.

Catastrophic floods can be difficult to prepare for. Sometimes evacuation is the right call, but if it’s too late the best bet is to find higher ground nearby. The stakes can be high, because a flash flood may give those in its path only minutes or seconds to react.