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FOX 7 Austin on MSNTexas flooding: Body recovered near Kerrville; missing persons down to 2Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that the total number of persons considered missing after the Texas Hill Country flooding has fallen to two. On Saturday, it was revealed that the previous count of 97 had been reduced to three, after the remainder had been confirmed safe.
Seventeen-year-old Charlotte March wrote a song about her love for summer camp, then turned it into a fundraiser for families devastated by the Hill Country floods.
Texas officials have revised the number of people missing in the catastrophic floods in Kerr County, Texas, from 97 people down to three on Saturday.
The new figure was a significant decline from 97 just days ago. The death toll in the county remained the same, and officials said many of the missing were reported safe.
Some of the items they’ll be talking about is a burn ban, and possibly waiving floodplain permit fees for those affected by the flood.
With the Texas legislatures special session underway, state lawmakers are working on a bill that would fund sirens and flood sensors in Kerr County.
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.
The number of people reported missing after catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas, has dropped from a peak of more than 160 to three, officials said Saturday. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler has the latest on the recovery,