Texas (KAUZ) - Governor Greg Abbott joined Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Steven Nordhaus to receive a briefing and survey damage from recent severe flooding and heavy rainfall in Kerr County.

KERRVILLE, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott joined General Steven Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Kerr Coun

Governor Abbott calls a Texas special session with a wide-ranging 18-item agenda, including flood recovery and STAAR test elimination.

In response to the catastrophic flooding across central Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, a native Texan, continues to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s activation of comprehensive disaster response and recovery resources.

The number of people missing in the Kerrville area due to the Fourth of July floods has been reduced to 97, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during a news conference on Monday.

Gov. Greg Abbott gave an update today on the recovery efforts in Central Texas, saying there are now 131 people confirmed dead across the state. He shared those details after touring more areas impacted by flooding this weekend.

Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday the federal government has updated President Donald J. Trump’s Major Disaster Declaration following recent catastrophic flooding across Texas to include Burnet, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, and Tom Green counties for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance program.

The Johnsons had been visiting relatives in Montana, where they lived for about 40 years, when the floods came through that area.