Officials in Kerr County are expected to hold a press conference Wednesday morning on recovery efforts as the stark numbers of missing and deceased from the Hill Country flooding rise.

The full extent of the catastrophe in Texas has yet to be revealed as officials warned that unaccounted victims could still be found amid the massive piles of debris that stretch for miles.

Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home were simply, “I love you.” He had made a split-second decision to thrust his arm through a window to help his ...