Death toll at 121
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The death toll in hard-hit Kerr County, Texas, has risen to 95 after last weekend’s historic flooding, officials confirmed. Of those who died, 59 are adults and 36 are children, county officials said at a press conference on Wednesday.
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.