The Austin-area flood death toll has risen to 12 and 16 people are still reported missing, according to official tallies released early Monday.
Seven have now been confirmed dead in Travis County while two have been confirmed dead in Williamson County, county officials said. The death toll in Burnet County – three – remained the same overnight.
"I cannot overstate my heartbreak and condolences for the families of the lives lost in the Northwestern Travis County floods," Travis County Judge Andy Brown said in a statement to the American-Statesman Monday.
He encouraged residents affected by the tragedy to call 911 in case of emergency and 1-800-RED-CROSS for additional resources.
Six of the Travis County deaths occurred in the northwestern areas of the county, while one was a weather-related traffic death in South Austin, according to Travis County spokesperson Hector Nieto.
Much of the Central Texas region remains under a flood watch until 7 p.m. Monday.
In a Sunday afternoon news briefing, Gov. Greg Abbott warned Central Texans that more potential flash floods could hit low-lying regions and urged residents to "turn around, don’t drown" in heavy rain.
Farther west, Kendall County saw two deaths while Tom Green County saw one.
That brings the statewide death count in the weekend floods to 81.
The vast majority of the damage hit Kerr County, where the death toll had risen to 68 as of Sunday afternoon. That is the same number of direct deaths who from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.