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The number of people missing in the Kerrville area due to the Fourth of July floods has been reduced to 97, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during a news conference on Monday.
Commissioners in Kerr County, Texas, are set to meet Monday in their first official court hearing since more than 100 people, including children and counselors at a summer camp, were killed in catastrophic flooding last week.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, the county’s top official, said during a county commissioners court meeting earlier Monday that local officials don’t know the exact number of how many visitors who traveled to the Guadalupe for the holiday weekend had been caught in the flood.
"There is a plan in place right now to accomplish draining the lake. We can't go any further than that, then to tell you that is being looked at right now," said Commissioner Tom Jones.
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Search and rescue efforts resume for an eleventh day as crews continue to look for the 161 missing from the Guadalupe River that surged on the Fourth of July, after a brief pause Sunday due to an emergency weather alert from Kerr County officials.
The death toll from the devastating floods that swept through Kerr County early Friday stands at 107 , officials said Tuesday.
A memorial service was held in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to honor the victims and those still missing from flooding that recently struck the region.
SAN ANTONIO — Five days after the waters of the Guadalupe River rose and overwhelmed much of Kerr Country on July Fourth, search and recovery efforts continue as the community picks up the pieces of one of the state's worst natural disasters in years.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNSearch for flood victims slowed by mountains of debris as thousands descend on Kerr County to assistCrews are using construction equipment to clear vehicles, trees and homes in a race to locate more than 170 people still missing since Friday’s devastating flood.