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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.
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.
"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.
Kerr County commissioners discussed ongoing search and rescue efforts Monday in their first official meeting since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in the county over the July 4 weekend.
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Officials say more than 1,000 local, state and federal agencies are involved in the search along with thousands of volunteers from across the country.
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.
Special K9 Inc., a nonprofit based in Montgomery County that deploys certified cadaver dogs across the U.S. and internationally. It's an all-volunteer team driven by one mission: to help families find their missing loved ones.
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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.
UPDATE: Kerr County Sherrif Larry Leitha reports that as of 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, there are 95 deceased. Among the deceased are 59 adults, 14 who are unidentified, 36 children and 13 unidentified children. There are still five children from Camp Mystic who are missing, as well as one counselor.
The death toll from the devastating floods that swept through Kerr County early Friday stands at 107 , officials said Tuesday.
The Kerr County Sheriff's Office is calling flooding in Kerr County "catastrophic." Several people are still missing and there are at least 24 deaths.
Kerr County is still restricted airspace as crews continue efforts to reunite missing loved ones with their families.