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Danger Far from Over as Texas Clean-Up Begins

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The flooding disaster in Texas is far from over. At least 20 people are now confirmed dead, 14 are still missing, and rain is forecast for the weekend.
  
In Wimberly, the Perez family found themselves trapped by rising water in their vacation home.

"I was scared for my life and for her life. We went into survival mode. I tied sheets together to make a lifeline," Sarah Perez said.

The record rainfall in Texas did, however, ease the state's drought. In fact, rivers and lakes have swollen so much they won't likely return to normal levels until July.

Many Texas cities are still in danger of flooding. The concern? Heavy rain from earlier in the week is pouring downstream and could push rivers over their banks.

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Authorities are closely monitoring the Brazos, Blanco, and San Jacinto rivers even though they've actually started to recede.

A main focus heading into the weekend is finding the missing. Authorities are looking for seven people, swept away inside their vacation home.

"Right now, we must focus on finding those who are still missing and pray for the living whose hearts are broken," Kelly Burke, spokesperson for a family whose loved ones were missing, said.

In the midst of all the tragedy, there is at least one testimony.

Student and homecoming queen Alyssa Ramirez lost her life driving home from her prom as rising waters quickly surrounded her vehicle.

Her father says she will be remembered for her love for others and for "her insistence on everybody knowing that there was only one way to heaven and that was through Jesus Christ."

For many Texans, this weekend will mean clean-up. CBN's Operation Blessing, which is working in the San Marcos area, helped tear out flooring and dry wall in on man's flooded home.

"It's been hard on everyone and I know a lot of people in this community are suffering and I'm just blessed because I got help," he said.

For others, there's still a wait just to get back to their homes. And the difficulties may still not be over. There's concern about what kind of rain this weekend might bring.

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Heather Sells covers wide-ranging stories for CBN News that include religious liberty, ministry trends, immigration, and education. She’s known for telling personal stories that capture the issues of the day, from the border sheriff who rescues migrants in the desert to the parents struggling with a child that identifies as transgender. In the last year, she has reported on immigration at the Texas border, from Washington, D.C., in advance of the Dobbs abortion case, at crisis pregnancy centers in Massachusetts, and on sexual abuse reform at the annual Southern Baptist meeting in Anaheim