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President Donald Trump announced that he signed a disaster declaration for Kerr County, Texas, where flash floods have killed scores of people. Trump said families of victims were experiencing "unimaginable tragedy.
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President Donald Trump announced that he signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, Texas, following severe flooding that resulted in at least 59 fatalities.
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The death toll in the July 4 Central Texas flooding rose to 103 on Friday as the search continued for those still missing.
Destructive floods hit the Texas Hill Country on July 4, killing at least 103 people in Kerr County. In the wake of the deadly floods, many Texans are looking to help in any way they can. The City of Kerrville said it is expecting a "large number of spontaneous volunteers" to help the region's recovery efforts on Saturday.
The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.
More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the effects of the deadly disaster could have been mitigated.