The official tally of storm-related deaths throughout Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet one more spherical of heavy rains 10 days after a Hill Nation flash flood that reworked the Guadalupe River right into a killer torrent.
A Nationwide Climate Service flood watch forecasting heavy downpours of as much as half a foot of rain was posted till Tuesday morning for a large swath of central Texas extending from the Rio Grande east to San Antonio and Austin.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday stated storms had claimed no less than 131 lives in Texas since 4th July, the majority of these deaths in and round Kerrville, up from 120 reported on Friday.
He stated 97 folks had been nonetheless listed as lacking within the higher Kerrville space, down from the 160-plus who authorities stated had been unaccounted for final week.
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