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Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state "will not stop until every missing person is found" following devastating flooding in central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend that left at least 105 dead. Five young girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic in Hunt remain missing Tuesday.
The video truly shows Texas National Guard troops rescuing campers from Camp Mystic on July 4, hours following early-morning flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. As of July 8,
Two Fort Worth children raised more than $5,000 in one day for Camp Mystic after the camp in Central Texas was devastated by flash flooding over the Fourth of July weekend.
The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.