Kerr County missing drops to 3
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"She was recovered in the Kerrville area," Abbott said in a statement on social media. The deadly flooding over the Fourth of July weekend killed at least 136 people, including dozens of girls at Camp Mystic, along the Guadalupe River, according to officials.
A man and a little girl from Camp Mystic were still missing, Abbott said. He last said the death toll stood at 135.
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.
They have been overwhelmed with generosity of people, but have literally run out of places to store the donations.
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority had a $3 million reserve, but cut taxes rather than replacing an outdated flood alert system before the July 4 Hill Country flood.