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Following confirmation from Gov. Greg Abbott that more than 160 people were still missing in Kerr County as a result of the deadly Fourth of July weekend floods, officials gathered on Wednesday morning, July 9, to share the latest on search and rescue efforts in the Texas Hill Country.
That was an act of God. It’s not the administration’s fault that the flood hit when it did, but there were early and consistent warnings and, again, the National Weather Service did its job,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.