Officials announced on Sunday that the overall death toll in the ongoing Texas flooding has risen past 130 killed.

There are 106 confirmed deaths in hard-hit Kerr County, with 36 believed to be children.

-ABC News' Vanessa Navarrete

As dangerous flooding conditions continue to threaten central Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said "dozens" of Texans have been rescued by Texas Task Force 1 in the Lampasas area.

"They and other first responders will continue operations to prioritize saving lives," Abbott said of the joint state and federal urban search and rescue team.

-ABC News' Vanessa Navarrete

The Kerrville Police Department has suspended ground search operations due to the current flood danger.

"We will provide more information soon but for now, all search crews need to evacuate the river corridor until further notice," police said in a statement Sunday morning.

Police said they are "seeing heavy rain in Kerrville at this time" and that volunteer operations are currently suspended "until further notice."

Highway 39 is also closed to "everyone except first responders and residents."

"Protecting lives is our highest priority," police said.

The National Weather Service issued an alert Sunday morning for "life-threatening flash flooding" in in Kerr and Gillespie Counties, including the areas of Kerrville, Comfort, Ingram, Hunt, Mountain Home, Waltonia, Harper, Kerrville-Schreiner Park and Cypress Creek. Up to 2 inches of rain have fallen in those areas, with rainfall rates expected to reach 1 to 2 inches per hour, the National Weather Service said.

"Life-threatening flash flooding" is ongoing in Kerr and Gillespie Counties -- including the areas of Kerrville, Comfort, Ingram, Hunt, Mountain Home, Waltonia, Harper, Kerrville-Schreiner Park and Cypress Creek -- according to the National Weather Service.

A "considerable" flash flood warning is in place -- alerts should have been sent to all phones in the area.

Up to 2 inches of rain have fallen, with rainfall rates expected to reach 1 to 2 inches per hour.

Heavy rain has slid southeast into this area and is falling now.

-ABC News’ Kyle Reiman

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Federal Emergency Management Agency response has quickly "streamlined" to help flooding victims.

"FEMA went to an enhanced level immediately. But as soon as you signed the major disaster declaration, we were able to get them resources and dollars right away, just like you envisioned, through state lot grants to help them with cleanup," Noem said to President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting.

At one point, Noem appeared emotional when she shared the story of visiting Camp Mystic, where she consoled several grieving family members.

She said she spoke to one counselor who "had hung on to some of these girls and was trying to keep them out of the floodwaters."

The counselor "had gotten hit by something and had lost two of the girls and wasn't able to hang on to them," Noem said. The counselor will "live the rest of her life thinking about that moment when she wasn't able to hang on to these girls," Noem said.

Trump said he and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Texas on Friday.

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh