Death toll from flooding in Kerr County climbs to 103
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Search and rescue efforts continue Tuesday as crews look for the dozens still missing from the July Fourth floods that devastated the Kerr County area. On Tuesday, Kerr County said that 107 people are confirmed dead in the county.
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.
Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is among a group of people who have been bringing in crucial supplies after flooding devastated communities in central Texas last week.
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.
The questions about a flood warning system before the deadly Central Texas floods continue. Some are shining the spotlight on a 2021 public meeting where county leaders debated whether to take $10 million from the Biden Administration, but what people are saying online and what actually happened are not the same.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNLIVE UPDATES | Texas flooding: Flash flood warning for parts of Kerr County, other countiesA Flash Flood Warning is in place this morning (July 15) for parts of Kerr, Bandera, Gillespie, Real and Uvalde counties.
As of Tuesday, July 15, a total of 107 bodies have been recovered in Kerr County, 70 adults and 37 children, officials told KSAT 12. Meanwhile, the number of missing stands at 97, the same number Gov. Greg Abbott reported on Monday, July 14. The number is a sharp decrease from the 161 reported missing in Kerr County alone.
After deadly floods swept through Texas Hill Country, Houstonians responded with truckloads of donations, led by a weeklong relief drive from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
With regard to private property that is still overwhelmed with flood debris, the City of Kerrville and Kerr County have issued a joint release saying they are working with state and federal partners to remove and manage debris.
In Kerr County, where the most deaths occurred, officials said they were receiving threats, even as they continued to deflect questions about flood warnings.