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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Texas floods: death toll reaches at least 120 people as recovery efforts continue

a man in an EMS vest carries a shovel on a road
Search crews work on the Cade Loop Bridge to clear debris in Ingram, Texas, on Thursday. Photograph: Joshua A Bickel/AP

The rising number of victims from the devastating central Texas floods is beginning to plateau, with at least 120 people found dead in the state – a bleak sign that rescuers have made little progress to find victims amid wreckage in the past 24 hours.

On Thursday morning, local officials in Kerr county, which was hit the hardest by the 4 July flash flood, announced that 96 people had died, the same number reported on Wednesday evening.

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