Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered state legislators to convene a special session on Monday as the death toll rose to at least 120 people and 172 reported missing in Fourth of July flooding in the Hill Country.

At least 120 people died in devastating flash floods in Texas, US media reported on Wednesday, citing local authorities. In Kerr County, which saw the worst of Friday's flash floods, authorities confirmed that at least 96 people died,

The search for missing bodies is ongoing along Texas’ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed more than 100 people following a torrential downpour early Friday morning.