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The search and rescue mission continued in central Texas to find any survivors from flash floods that killed at least 120 people. More than 170 are missing and the death toll is expected to rise as the flood waters recede. At least 35 children were killed, including at a summer camp for girls that was swept away in the deluge. Amid criticisms about local flood defences, the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, said that a special session of the legislature would discuss flood-warning systems and relief for devastated communities, among other things.

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This article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline “Politics”