Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase

The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday (July 8) to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris for scores of people still missing. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the numbers are "very likely" to rise.

At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country.