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.

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

The death toll in the central Texas flooding is up to 119 people, 95 of them in Kerr County, including 36 children.

At least 161 people remain missing in Kerr County, Texas, as authorities and volunteers search the Guadalupe River for victims.

Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.

Two days before flash floods on the Guadalupe River in Texas killed dozens of campers at a Christian girls summer camp, a state inspector approved operations, noting there was a written plan for responding to natural disasters.

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.