Texas two Major League Baseball teams are joining in to help recovery efforts after devastating flooding in the central part of the state.
The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros each pledged $1 million toward relief efforts on Monday. They are just the latest professional teams to make a donation. The Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and the NFL Foundation combined to donate $1.5 million, and the states three NBA teams, along with the NBA Players Association, combined to donate more than $2 million.
A massive storm swept through Kerr County, which sits northwest of San Antonio, and the surrounding areas on Friday. As of Tuesday afternoon, according to The New York Times, the death toll had risen to at least 111 people. At least 161 people remained missing in the county, too, and officials said that nobody had been found alive since Friday even after the search widened.
Fast-moving waters rose more than 20 feet in less than two hours along the Guadalupe River on Friday morning, which led to millions of people being placed under flood watches over the weekend. A Christian summer camp for girls was especially impacted, too. At least 27 campers and staff members were killed in the flooding, and several are still missing.