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.

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.

Flash flooding is common enough around the crescent-shaped region from Dallas through the Hill Country, the area earned the nickname "Flash Flood Alley."

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase

In one of the deadliest floods in Texas history, a mother's worst fears turned into grateful tears when she reunited with her two sons after they survived a harrowing experience at a camp near the Guadalupe River.

More than 100 people in Texas have been found dead after devastating flooding swept through the area in the early morning hours of July 4. Among the victims were nearly 30 young girls and their counselors at Camp Mystic,