The death toll in Kerr County crept up to 87 on Tuesday as search and rescue efforts continued in flood-ravaged central Texas, according to officials in the county worst hit by the disaster, which has killed more than 100 people.

Flash floods that swept through Texas over the Fourth of July weekend have left more than 100 people dead and dozens of others missing.

Even as authorities in Kerr County, Texas have repeatedly discouraged civilian volunteers from showing up to help in the search for victims of the region's historic flooding, many are, anyway.