Death toll rises to 121 as Camp Mystic cabins ‘found to be in extremely hazardous’ flood zone - Questions are swirling over whether officials could have done more to warn residents ahead of the floods

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.

Right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk claimed that the death toll from the deadly floods that have devastated central Texas "wouldn't have been as high if it wasn't for DEI."

At least 150 people are known to be missing in Kerr County as a result of the flooding in central Texas, according to officials. At least a dozen others are missing in other parts of the state.

Early on the morning of July 4, the Guadalupe River in central Texas overflowed its banks, causing catastrophic flooding. As of July 9, at least 111 people had died, and homes and businesses along the river were washed away in the affected parts of Texas Hill Country,