The statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas earlier this month has risen to 135 and dozens more remain missing, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday. Abbott provided an update on the Texas floods during a news conference while in San Angelo,

A large majority of the flooding deaths occurred in Kerr County, where officials have confirmed at least 106 people died. Abbott said many of the missing are difficult to identify because there was no record of them logging in anywhere,