News brief
Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding on July 4 said Saturday night that the number was down from nearly 100, after people who had previously been reported missing were accounted for. The reduction in the number of people on the missing list comes as the search for victims entered its third week. Officials praised rescuers for the sharp reduction in the number of people on the missing list. In the days after the flooding, more than 160 people were said to have been unaccounted for in Kerr County alone.