AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott added four counties to the state’s disaster declaration following catastrophic flooding hit Texas earlier this month. In a Wednesday news release, Abbott said Edwards, Kinney, Real and Schleicher counties are joining 26 other counties that already received a state disaster declaration from the governor’s office.

A man and a little girl from Camp Mystic were still missing, Abbott said. He last said the death toll stood at 135.

Search efforts in Kerr County have reduced the missing count to two after July Fourth floods, with one young girl and an adult man still unaccounted for.

"We must ensure better preparation in the future," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement posted on social media.

Gov. Greg Abbott topped all Texas politicians in political fundraising so far this year, raising more than $20 million for his campaign, a figure that dwarfs every other hopeful who has announced they are running for a statewide office in 2026.

During a House Administration Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) spoke about voter integrity laws in Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX)

Before he called lawmakers back to Austin to redraw Texas’ congressional maps, Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to pick up new GOP seats through a rare mid-decade redistricting,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited San Angelo to praise Tom Green County’s flood response, meet with officials and families, and promise continued recovery support.