The Republican governor laid out an ambitious agenda that includes an unexpected array of conservative bills that failed during the regular session.

As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.

Country music singer Pat Green has lost four family members in the tragic floods in Texas. According to reports, Green’s younger brother, John, his wife, Julia, and two of their children were swept away and killed.

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Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those that struck Texas during the July 4 weekend.

The flash flood was the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon flood on July 31, 1976, killed 144 people, said Bob Henson, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections. That flood surged through a narrow canyon packed with people on a holiday weekend marking Colorado’s centennial.

In response to the Hill Country floods and the widespread devastation in Kerr County, NASA has deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations.

James Avery Artisan Jewelry, a Kerrville-based jewelry store, will donate proceeds from its signature charm to flood relief efforts.