Newly released satellite images reveal catastrophic damage caused by the Hill Country floods along the Guadalupe River.

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.

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.

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

Miriam "Holly" Frizzell of Abilene was remembered for her vibrant life and love of the normally tranquil Guadalupe River.

James Forster lives near the Guadalupe River in Kerr County. On Friday morning, he came to check on a friend’s house along the river banks. The flood waters