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Texas, Camp Mystic and flash flood
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The legendary Lone Star singer-songwriter's two daughters attended Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died and nearly a dozen are still missing.
Heavy equipment is tearing through massive debris piles in Kerr County as the search for the missing continues.
Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.
Before heading to Texas July 11, the president expanded a federal disaster declaration for the floods, making residents of eight Central Texas counties eligible for federal assistance programs.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing after flash floods hit parts of Texas. An unknown number of people still remain missing.
The record of frequent, often deadly floods in Central Texas goes back more than 200 years to July 1819, when floodwaters spilled into the major plazas of San Antonio. That city on the edge of the Hill Country was hit by major floods again in 1913, 1921, 1998 and 2025, to cite a few examples.
The death toll in the central Texas flooding is up to 119 people, 95 of them in Kerr County, including 36 children.
ABC News’ Juju Chang is joined by former FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell to discuss the growing questions surrounding the emergency response in Texas after devastating and deadly flash flooding.