'We will not leave': 173 still missing in Texas flood zone as death toll hits 111 The staggering scope of Texas’s flood disaster came into sharper focus Tuesday night when Gov. Greg Abbott announced that an estimated 180 people remained missing, the first time officials publicly acknowledged the scale of the recovery still ahead. The vast majority of the missing, 161 people, are from Kerr County, where walls of water swept away homes, vehicles and entire blocks. No rescues have been reported there since Friday, officials said. The statewide death toll has climbed to 111, but with so many still missing, that number is expected to rise significantly.
