In Kerr County, home to Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country, searchers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said.

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

According to local authorities, at least 109 people died on July 4 and 5, most of which were swept up in floodwaters from campgrounds along the Guadalupe River. That’s just shy of the 118 deaths reported as a result of Hurricane Rita in 2005.

A new round of flash floods tore through Central Texas, triggering dozens of rescues after at least 131 people had been killed by the July 4 flash floods.Emergency crews resumed some recovery efforts Sunday afternoon after heavy rain brought renewed flood threats to Kerr County,

Officials defended their actions in the hardest-hit county, where no survivors have been found since Friday. Statewide, 173 people remain unaccounted for, the governor said.

The search for the missing continues in Texas following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people.

Ten days after catastrophic flash floods swept through Central Texas, first responders are still sifting through debris to find the missing and recover the dead.Emergency crews resumed some recovery efforts Sunday afternoon after heavy rain brought renewed flood threats to Kerr County,

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and others have weighed in as search and rescue missions continue looking for survivors.

The floodwaters that brought historic death and devastation to the Texas Hill Country have receded. Left behind are a tangled mess of ruined neighborhoods and campgrounds, scores of bodies and plenty