161 missing, 109 dead after devastating Texas floods, Gov. Abbott confirms

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says 161 people are still missing after floods ravaged parts of Texas over the weekend

The primary job right now continues to be locating everybody who was affected by this flood

There still remain those who are missing. We have to find every single person who's missing

Officials confirm 109 people have died across the Lone Star State as a result of the July 4th floods

Abbott says the fatalities surpassed those from Hurricane Harvey. Among the dead are at least 30 children, the executive director of Camp Mystic

a professor from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and two young friends from Dallas

Additionally, six of those deaths occurred in Kendall County, a neighboring area that was also severely impacted by the Guadalupe River rising last Friday

The governor says at least five organizations are providing grief counselors to those who have lost loved ones It so important at times like this for family members to access that grief counseling so they can have their mental and emotional health needs addressed in what may be the

most challenging time of their lives. Five campers and one counselor are still missing from Camp Mystic, Governor Abbott said, adding

that he spoke to President Donald Trump Tuesday morning. He could not stop talking about how sad he was for all the little girls who lost their life

He recounted his own understanding of what happened with what was really a tsunami wave of wall of water that swept too many of them away

And he cares a lot about those young ladies. and he wants to step up and make sure that any needs that we have here in Texas is going to be met very quickly

Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety said they're using every available resource to help locate missing people

For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan. If you want more on this story, download the Straight Arrow News app or visit san.com