Editor’s note: The following story includes information from 911 calls on the morning of the Hill Country floods. KSAT is being judicious with what we publish, but this still may be hard to read.

KERR COUNTY, Texas – Amid catastrophic flooding and cries for help on the morning of July 4, newly released 911 calls reveal Kerr County dispatchers remaining calm and steady-handed, while several community members were attempting to help their neighbors.

Five months after the Hill Country floods claimed 117 lives in Kerr County and did millions of dollars in damage, KSAT obtained the 911 calls from that day through an open records request.

The release includes 435 emergency calls over the course of six hours, beginning at 2:52 a.m. In all, there are 23 hours of calls.

In the earliest call rel

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