At least 24 people were dead and many missing after a storm unleashed nearly a foot of rain just before dawn on Friday and sent floodwaters gushing out of the Guadalupe river, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told reporters on Friday evening
Governor Greg Abbott said at a news briefing that he had asked President Donald Trump to sign a disaster declaration, which would unlock federal aid for those affected. US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said Trump would honor that request