Search teams continue to sift through debris in Texas Hill Country as hopes of finding more survivors decreased, five days after flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 110 people.
More than 170 people remain unaccounted for after the devastating floods in Texas.
Most of the fatalities and missing people were in Kerr County, where the county seat, Kerrville, was devastated when torrential rains lashed the area early on Friday, July 4, causing the Guadalupe River to rise to nearly nine metres in a matter of hours.
The death toll in Kerr was at 95 as of this morning, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told reporters at a briefing, with the figure including three dozen children.
That figure includes at least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' summer retreat on the banks of the Guadalupe.
Authorities have warned that the death toll will likely keep rising as flood waters recede and search teams uncover more victims.
Public officials have faced days of questions about whether they could have alerted people in flood-prone areas sooner.
Torrents of water swept through the camp in Kerr County, scouring cabins as hundreds of people slept.
Five campers and one counsellor were still missing as well as another child not associated with the camp.
"There's nothing more important in our hearts and minds than the people of this community, especially those who are still lost," Governor of Texas Greg Abbot said.
Elsewhere in the state, there have been at least 15 fatalities recorded so far, the governor added.
Ben Baker with the Texas Game Wardens said search and rescue efforts involving helicopters, drones and dogs were extremely difficult because of the water and mud.
"When we're trying to make these recoveries, these large piles can be very obstructive, and to get in deep into these piles, it's very hazardous," Mr Baker said.
"It's extremely treacherous, time-consuming. It's dirty work, the water is still there."
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Rain 'won't deter' search
In the town of Hunt, the epicentre of the disaster, journalists reported seeing recovery workers combing through piles of debris with helicopters flying overhead.
US President Donald Trump is due to travel to Texas with First Lady Melania Trump on Friday, and credited his strong ties with Mr Abbott, a Republican, as having helped the rescue effort.
"We brought in a lot of helicopters from all over... They were real pros, and they were responsible for pulling out a lot of people. And we got them there fast, and Texas had some good ones too, but the response has been incredible," Mr Trump said.
Meanwhile, questions intensified over whether Mr Trump's government funding cuts had weakened warning systems, and over the handling of the rescue operation.
During an at-times tense news conference, Mr Baker skirted a question on the speed of the emergency response.
"Right now, this team up here is focused on bringing people home," he said.
Shel Winkley, a weather expert at the Climate Central research group, blamed the extent of the disaster on geography and exceptional drought, when dry soil absorbs less rainfall.
Watch: Satellite images capture central Texas before and after flooding
"This part of Texas, at least in the Kerr County flood specifically, was in an extreme to exceptional drought... We know that since May, temperatures have been above average," Mr Winkley told reporters.
The organisation's media director, Tom Di Liberto, said staffing shortages at the National Weather Service had contributed to the disaster.
"You can't necessarily replace that experience," he said.
Read more: Texas floods: How geography, climate and policy failures collided
