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Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis

Published July 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 40:55

We're. We're all trying to get these bodies. We love this community. We can do it together. I got the person for you I'm going to give, give you her name, her number, let you connect with her. But let me say this. Yes, sir. You know, people talk about how strong Texas is. Sorry? People talk about how strong Texas is? Yes, sir. It's because of people like you. (40:55–41:01)

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“In the Kerr and Kendall counties alone, there are far more fatalities than there were in hurricane Harvey.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 04:02-04:11
“Just in the Kerr county area alone, there are 161 people who are known to be missing.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 05:18-05:28
“There are 94 fatalities associated with this flooding event in this area, separate from that in other flooding events.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 03:32-03:53
“In other parts of the state of Texas, there's another 15 fatalities for a total of 109.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 03:52-03:59
“From camp mystic, my information is those who are missing is down to now five campers and one counselor.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 04:20-04:31
“In addition to that, there is another child not associated with the camp who is missing.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 04:33-04:40
“For Kerr county, that would be a total of seven who are missing.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 04:40-04:47
“In other parts of the state, there are 12 who are missing.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 04:47-04:54
“The immediate granting of the major master declaration was granted by President Trump.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 08:23-08:48
“It immediately opened not only access to more funding, but also access to more resources to respond to this storm.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 08:48-08:57
“There are two categories of people or entities that there is money available to assist.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 09:12-09:20
“The Texas Department of Public Safety is working 24/7 to make sure they're going to be getting these roads repaired.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 09:48-09:58
“We're going to start a special session two Mondays from now, a special session that will have, at the top of its agenda, helping communities…”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 14:15-14:35
“We want to make sure that when we end that session, we end it making sure these communities are better, more resilient and have the…”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 14:41-14:53
“General Seltzer rightfully mentioned and thanked the state of Arkansas for helping out with those Black Hawks as well as other resources.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 20:23-20:34
“Our fellow governors and fellow states are helping out from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia…”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 20:46-20:57
“Texas will not stop until we identify, recover every single body.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 23:27-23:34
“We will not stop until every road is rebuilt, every inch of debris is removed.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 23:33-23:41
“We know a special session's coming in about 10 days.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 25:20-25:25
“Those investigations will begin by both the House and Senate before we go into session.”
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“The state was aware that there was a possible serious flooding event days in advance and we pre-positioned assets and resources and…”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 31:01-31:14
“We originally positioned those assets, resources and personnel on Wednesday.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 31:16-31:20
“We moved them closer, added and made sure that we had adequate supply going into Friday.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 31:24-31:31
“We were ready with the resources on the ground to be able to quickly respond.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 31:32-31:37
“We had assets here already.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 31:40-31:43
“We acted on was information that catalyzed us to begin putting assets and resources in place two days before the event happened.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 32:03-32:12
“I'm gonna connect you with someone.”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 40:38-40:40
“Everyone will be reimbursed [for hotel expenses].”
Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis | Uploaded July 8, 2025 | 45:21-45:24
“That's part of the assistance that's provide[d].”
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