He tied a garden hose around his waist and waded into chest-deep water. What happened next during the Texas floods is being called heroic.

TEGNA's local news properties are joining forces to raise money for Kerr County and surrounding areas hit by flash floods.

Matthew McConaughey has said his fellow Texans are hurting 'inside and out' as the death toll continues to rise amid the devastating and deadly flooding in the actor's home state of Texas. The current death toll sits at 82 with more missing after the worst of the flooding swept through on July 4.

"The agony that Texas is feeling right now…there aren't words to describe," Cruz told CBS News Texas on Monday.

According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will likely be without offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs for the first few games of the season due to an aggravated right knee injury, a timeline which would likely include Week 2 vs. the Texans.

Owners of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs have joined the list of professional sports organizations making donations to support the recovery from flooding that has devastated the Texas Hill Country, they announced on Wednesday.

There's no two people out here, no two different departments,” Casey Billing said. “It's all one unit together out here searching for the same cause.”

The State of Texas has deployed more than 2,200 personnel and 1,200 vehicles and equipment assets. More than 20 state agencies are currently responding to flooding threats statewide.

The NFL and its two Texas-based teams announced a $1.5 million donation to the communities impacted by the flooding in Central Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation has confirmed a major data breach that compromised nearly 300,000 records of crash reports.

Here’s what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it in and around Kerr County, Texas, and ongoing efforts to identify victims.