In Central Texas, the search for over 170 missing people persists as rescue teams intensify efforts following devastating floods.

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

This map shows where camps along the Guadalupe River were impacted by the July 4 flood. Meteorologists Pat Cavlin and Kim Castro detail how it all happened.

At least 27 of those deaths were children and counselors at Camp Mystic, a beloved girls' Christian camp that sits along the river. Along with homes and campgrounds in the area, the camp was inundated early Friday morning with little time to act.

Hill Country residents and volunteers on Tuesday continued picking up the pieces that the deadly waterway left behind days earlier.

New human settlements constructed in recent years have made the waterway more hazardous, UT-Arlington civil engineering professor says.

Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.

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,