AUSTIN, Texas – Another victim of deadly storms and flooding in Texas has been identified by authorities.
Officials Friday evening identified 73-year-old Ralph Hugh Carey as one of the six people who died in Hays County in Central Texas, raising the death toll of those killed in Texas to 24.
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Carey’s body was recovered Thursday from a brushy area near the Blanco River in San Marcos. He had last been seen in Wimberley, located 15 miles northwest of San Marcos.
Authorities have identified five of the six bodies found in Hays County. Six people are still listed as missing in Hays County.
Earlier Friday, authorities identified the body of 6-year-old Jonathan Andrew McComb, who was in a vacation home in Wimberley that was swept away by rushing waters.
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