California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday the deployment of 18 more urban search-and-rescue team members to Texas to help with recovery from the devastating Independence Day flooding. The members are in addition to the nine members deployed Monday from the cities of Riverside and Oakland,

The Texas Game Wardens of the state’s Parks and Wildlife Department have searched 26 miles of river since the start of the crisis and have conducted 444 rescues, said Lt. Colonel Ben Baker. The agency has deployed helicopters, drone teams, K-9 units, a variety of boats and four-wheel-drive vehicles to carry out search and rescue missions, he said.

More than 160 people still are believed to be missing and at least 115 have died in the floods that laid waste to the Hill Country region of Texas. The large number of missing suggests that the full extent of the catastrophe is still unclear five days after the disaster.

No injuries or deaths are immediately reported, but officials say an unknown number of people are unaccounted for

Search and rescue operations in central Texas entered their fifth day on Tuesday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, sending floodwaters through homes and summer camps and killing over 100 people.

Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue responded to four trail emergencies on a recent weekend, as crews assisted hikers during a spike in summer trail