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The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of heavy rains 10 days after a Hill Country flash flood that transformed the Guadalupe River into a killer torrent.
At a news conference Monday, state officials said 101 people remain missing, including 97 in the Kerrville area.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
Two clouds were targeted and dissipated later that day in the cloud seeding operation Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier was referring to.
Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response.
After more than a week of searching for victims, Texas Gov. Abbot said the number of missing has dropped to 101.
More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the Quad Cities and downstate Lincoln.
A new report from Stacker using data from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information lists five east Texas counties in the top 50 in Texas for tornadic activities over the past 20 years.
A few thunderstorms are possible on Monday, but much drier conditions are expected soon as the weather pattern shifts.
The floods are expected to move west out of Central Texas later this week, but a dry weather pattern bring hot temperatures is predicted.
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For the third straight day, thunderstorms have posed what meteorologists call life-threatening conditions in the Hill Country, where flooding earlier this month killed at least 131 people.