A flood watch is in effect into July 15 for more than a dozen counties as saturated ground gets drenched again.

State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.

More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.

A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.

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.

A Kerrville teenager survived for hours in raging floodwaters after the July Fourth floods in the Texas Hill Country washed away his family's home and claimed over 100 lives in the region.

Officials kept a wary eye on river levels as some crews resumed the search for people still missing after catastrophic flooding pummeled Texas this month. Heavy rains over the weekend

At services in the stricken Hill Country and elsewhere, ministers spoke Sunday morning about sorrow and solace, community and hope, as more rain beat down.