Gov. Greg Abbott and other state and local officials held a news conference in Travis County on Monday to update the public on the response to the flooding that has devastated Central Texas.
The number of missing people statewide is 101 as of July 14, and 97 of those missing are from in or around Kerrville, near the Guadalupe River, Abbott said.
A total of 131 people have been pronounced dead, officials said, and it could take months to recover everyone who is missing. During a commissioners court meeting on Monday, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that the search could take up to six months but that it’s difficult to estimate the time frame, the Texas Tribune reported…