President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration to send emergency relief as families and search teams continue to look for missing loved ones.

Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, the epicenter of the catastrophic flooding in Texas, said on Sunday (July 6) that the death toll in Kerr County had reached 59, including the 21 children.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said 75 bodies had been recovered from the area - with 48 of them adults and 27 children.