We looked to the NOAA Storm Event database to determine the deadliest natural disasters in Texas over the past 30 years. Death counts in the database aren't always complete. Speci

Search-and-rescue teams continued to wade into swollen rivers and use heavy equipment to untangle trees as part of the massive search for missing people.

Fears grew Wednesday that the confirmed death toll of 109 in the Texas floods could still surge as hopes fade for finding survivors among the many reported still missing five days after the disaster.Days after torrents of river water roared through several Texas counties -- some striking in the middle of the night -- rescuers kept racing to find survivors as Abbott warned that the list of those unaccounted for could yet rise.