As severe weather, including tornadoes, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and flooding, continue across areas of Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in Bosque, Clay, Denton, Eastland, Gaines, Montague and Van Zandt counties, according to an Office of the Governor news release.
The Governor’s declaration authorizes further mobilization of state resources to assist impacted communities following an elevated activation on May 4 of the Texas State Operations Center (SOC) to enable rapid deployment of state resources.
“Severe storms continue to impact areas across the State of Texas and I strongly urge everyone to take all possible precautions to ensure their safety. Declaring a state of disaster in these counties will enable Texas to activate state resources to help affected communities as efficiently and effectively as possible,” said Governor Abbott.
Click here to view Governor Abbott’s disaster declaration.