Governor Abbott requests federal aid for Texas counties hit by floods, aiming to include them in a Major Disaster Declaration.

Mexican first responders entered the United States to bolster search and rescue efforts after deadly floods hit the state of Texas on July 4, 2025, but a widespread video that purports to show Texas Governor Greg Abbott calling for their deportation is altered.

Earlier, Abbott announced that President Donald Trump approved his request to expand the federal government's disaster declaration following recent, historically catastrophic Texas Hill Country flooding to include Burnet, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, and Tom Green counties after heavy rainfall led to additional floods across these areas on Monday.

Gov. Abbott has added new items to the Legislature's special session agenda stemming from recent flooding events. Here's what to know.

Governor Greg Abbott will receive a briefing and hold a press conference Monday in Leander to update the public on Texas’ ongoing response to severe flooding in Central Texas.

LGBTQ rights supporters gather at the Texas State Capitol to protest state Republican-led efforts to pass legislation that would restrict the participation of transgender student athletes on the first day of the 87th Legislature's third special session on September 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas.

The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of heavy rains 10 days after a Hill Country flash flood that transformed the Guadalupe River into a killer torrent.