{"id":374979,"date":"2026-07-16T02:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374979\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:55:18","slug":"abbott-texas-flooding-likely-going-to-break-records-as-state-deploys-more-than-1300-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374979\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott: Texas flooding \u2018likely going to break records\u2019 as state deploys more than 1,300 personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\">AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) \u2014<\/a> Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday the flooding battering Texas is \u201clikely going to break records\u201d as the state activated more than 1,300 personnel from more than 30 agencies to respond to severe flooding across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Abbott held a briefing and press conference at the State Operations Center in Austin, where he outlined the scope of the state\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are dealing with and responding to a flood that is likely going to break records,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cOur primary focus right now and throughout the remainder of this torrential rain is saving lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The state has deployed more than 800 vehicles, more than 75 boats and 20 aircraft, Abbott said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Abbott said he issued a disaster declaration for 59 counties and directed emergency response resources to be pre-positioned Sunday ahead of anticipated severe flooding. He also directed state agencies to remain fully engaged and ensure all necessary resources are in place to support affected communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">State agencies are actively monitoring river levels and weather conditions while supporting local emergency management officials across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials are urging Texans to follow the \u201cTurn Around, Don\u2019t Drown\u201d warning and never drive through flooded roadways. Residents should continue monitoring local weather forecasts and have emergency supplies and evacuation plans ready if conditions worsen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is a developing story. KWTX will update as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) \u2014 Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday the flooding battering Texas is \u201clikely going to break&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[132643,132264,132266,27,7261,29,28],"class_list":["post-374979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-disaster-declaration-for-59-counties-in-texas","tag-flooding-in-south-texas","tag-flooding-in-texas-hill-country","tag-texas","tag-texas-gov-greg-abbott","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}