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At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 95 deaths, including 36 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.
While there are no watches or warnings in place anywhere in the state for the first time since Sunday, the National Weather Service still says there will be spotty showers in the morning and scattered storms in the afternoon. Areas south and east of the Interstate 95 corridor are most likely to see precipitation.
At least 120 people have died and some 173 people remain unaccounted for statewide, nearly a week after flash floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country.
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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said July 8 that state officials were working to confirm the total number of fatalities.
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNKerrville mayor says he wasn’t aware of state resources that Gov. Abbott said were in place ahead of floodingThe governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods.
The National Weather Service is urging commuters to “turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads” as a flash-flood notice is in effect.
Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.