Texas Governor Greg Abbott expands the disaster declaration to include four new counties due to severe flooding, seeking additional federal aid and offering various support measures for recovery.

AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott added four counties to the state’s disaster declaration following catastrophic flooding hit Texas earlier this month. In a Wednesday news release, Abbott said Edwards, Kinney, Real and Schleicher counties are joining 26 other counties that already received a state disaster declaration from the governor’s office.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited San Angelo to praise Tom Green County’s flood response, meet with officials and families, and promise continued recovery support.

While visiting flood-ravaged Hunt in Kerr County, Gov. Greg Abbott promised continued recovery efforts but was confronted by locals wanting more freedom to help their community. Some residents shared emotional stories of survival as search and recovery efforts continue. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat has more.

Governor Greg Abbott provided a significant update on the ongoing flood recovery efforts in Kerr County and other parts of Texas.

During a press conference on Tuesday, as hundreds of Texans were displaced and entire communities swamped by record-setting rains, Abbott was asked who's to blame. He responded, “That is the word choice of losers.”

Four days have passed since anyone was found alive in the aftermath of the floods in Kerr County, Texas, officials said Tuesday.