Texas flood live updates: Death toll rises to 109
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Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.
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Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.
Texas Flags to be lowered to half-staff this week in honor of lives lost in Kerrville flooding, Gov. Greg Abbot orders.
Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.
The search is continuing for more than 160 people believed to be missing in Texas days after a destructive wall of water killed over 100 people.
Jonathan McComb was the sole family member to survive a Texas flooding in 2015. Now, he's in Kerrville searching for victims in from the latest flooding.
In hard-hit Kerr County, the death toll has climbed to 95, including 36 children, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a news conference Wednesday.
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.
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