Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 160 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

At least 161 people were missing from Kerr County alone, officials said. Several children were among the missing.

As the search in Texas continued Wednesday for more than 160 people believed to be missing days after a destructive wall of water killed over 100 people, the full extent of the catastrophe had yet to be revealed as officials warned that unaccounted victims could still be found amid the massive piles of debris that stretch for