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 flooding brought the Guadalupe to its second-highest point in history, according to the National Weather Service, which urged people in the affected area to move to higher ground.

Items from inside a cabin sit on the ground at Camp Mystic, in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County. At least 95 people have died in Kerr County, Texas, according to officials, after devastating flash floods swept through south central Texas on Friday,