With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.

The Guadalupe River has a history of deadly flooding. Here is a look over the decades. (AP video Marshall Ritzel/Albee Zhang)

In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.

Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

Flood Scarred the Same Texas County That Is Reeling Through Another Disaster Cindy Manley was a summer camp counselor in 1987 when a different devastating flood scarred the Texas Hill Country. The Heart O’ the Hills camp is on the Guadalupe River,

Two tropical storms have led to deadly inland flooding in the United States already this season, underscoring how dangerous water can be.

At least 173 people are still missing in Central Texas, with the governor warning that ‘there could be more added to that list’

The death toll continues to rise following the devastating floods in Texas this weekend. Newly released images capture the destruction caused by the overflowing Guadalupe River and the community's profound mourning for those lost.