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The death toll in the July 4 Central Texas flooding rose to 103 on Friday as the search continued for those still missing.
KERRVILLE, Texas, July 8 (Reuters) - The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still missing.
Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019
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