Large number of people missing in Texas floods clouds the full toll of the catastrophe [View all]

HUNT, Texas (AP) — Crews used backhoes and their bare hands Wednesday to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to the Hill Country region of Texas.

Over 100 bodies have been recovered, but the large number of missing suggested that the full extent of the catastrophe was still unclear five days after the disaster.

“We will not stop until every missing person is accounted for,” Gov. Greg Abbott told a news conference Tuesday. “Know this also: There very likely could be more added to that list.”

Officials have been seeking more information about those who were in the popular tourist destination during the Fourth of July holiday weekend but did not register at a camp or a hotel and may have been in the area without many people knowing, the governor said.

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