Texas/OK Storm Death Toll Rises to 19

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Houston have confirmed two more storm-related deaths, raising the combined Texas and Oklahoma death toll to 19 people.

Searchers are still looking for more than a dozen people in Texas who went missing during the powerful storms in recent days.

In Central Texas, authorities say the catastrophic flooding has damaged thousands of homes and hampered efforts to locate 11 people who went missing.

Kenneth Bell, emergency management coordinator for San Marcos, said Wednesday that 744 homes in San Marcos were damaged or destroyed over the holiday weekend when the Blanco River surged to nearly 45 feet.

Homes in Wimberley and other nearby communities also sustained extensive damage.