Two weeks after deadly floods swept through Texas, officials dropped the number of still-missing people in the hardest-hit area to three — down from nearly 160 in the days following the July Fourth weekend floods.

In order to clarify who was actually missing, state and local officials worked to verify the status of each individual who had been reported missing.

The number of people reported missing after the July 4 Texas flooding has plummeted from more than 100 to three, according to officials with the hard-hit city of Kerrville. At one point in the recovery efforts,