Death toll at 129
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At least 161 are still unaccounted for after the July Fourth floods that saw the waters of the Guadalupe rise to historic levels in Central Texas, officials with Kerr County said Friday. Authorities have confirmed 103 deaths, 36 of whom are children.
A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.
Texas flooding death toll reaches 95 in Kerr County— with more than 150 still missing Camp Mystic’s disaster plan OK’d by state inspectors 2 days before Texas floods
Rivers across central Texas, the Concho Valley and Hill County are rising after another night of heavy rain touched off flash floods, just over a week after the area was devastated by a July 4 deluge that killed at least 120 people and left many more missing.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.