JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida will send water rescue crews to Central Texas to help with the search for people missing after torrential downpours over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday.

Flash flooding has claimed nearly 90 people and some are still missing, authorities said.

“Texas has helped us when we’ve had different issues throughout the years,” DeSantis said during a news conference. “And we’re happy to step up.”

DeSantis said it’s unfair to politicize the initial response to the unpredictably destructive storm and flooding.

“Mother Nature, especially the water, we see that in Florida with storm surge. It can be really, really nasty,” DeSantis said. “And this was a biblical flood. It was much more than what I think they anticipated.”