Overview

• Official death toll has reached 109, with more than 160 people still missing, including at least 27 children and staff from Camp Mystic.
• Governor Greg Abbott and FEMA have declared emergencies and President Donald Trump has pledged federal aid and will visit the flood zone on Friday.
• Hundreds of search and rescue personnel are deployed with helicopters, boats and dogs to scour Kerr County’s mud-choked riverbanks.
• Critics blame delayed flood warnings, unfilled National Weather Service positions and shelved siren and gauge plans for hampering early alerts.
• A sudden flash flood in Ruidoso, New Mexico, killed three people and underscores growing flash-flood risks across the Southwest.