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The death toll from storm-related flooding across Texas rose to 131 on Monday, as authorities warned of renewed heavy rainfall 10 days after flash floods in the Hill Country turned the Guadalupe River into a deadly torrent.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through Tuesday morning, with heavy rains expected across a wide swath of central Texas stretching from the Rio Grande east to San Antonio and Austin.
The warning includes Kerr County and other parts of the Hill Country along the Guadalupe River, which are still recovering from the July 4 flooding disaster that swept away Kerrville, the county seat, and a girls' summer camp on the riverbank in the nearby town of Hunt.
Residents along the Guadalupe River, as well as search teams still scouring its banks, were advised to seek higher ground until the new threat passes.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Monday that storms have killed at least 131 people in the state since July 4, with most of those deaths recorded in and around Kerrville, up from the 120 deaths reported on Friday.
Abbott added that 97 people remain missing in the greater Kerrville area, down from more than 160 people authorities said were missing last week.
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