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At least 173 people missing in Texas floods
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In the Austin area, 12 people are still missing and 16 are known to have perished after rain swept away homes along rivers and creeks.
Texas leaders across political lines urge prayer for flood victims as the state, ranked third most religious in the U.S., copes with devastating floods that have claimed at least 80 lives.
The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.
Flags are half-staff across Texas today, as Gov. Greg Abbott ordered them lowered to honor the victims of the deadly Texas floods.