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Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase
The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.
The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday (July 8) to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris for scores of people still missing. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the numbers are "very likely" to rise.
More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the effects of the deadly disaster could have been mitigated.