After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.

For those who remain near the riverbanks, the sense of danger lingers through bacteria, infection and disease.

From mud where vegetation once grew to debris scattered everywhere — see how one Texas camp is bouncing back from the Guadalupe River floods.

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.

Search and rescue operations are intensifying along the Guadalupe River as crews from across the country join forces to locate missing ind

New tributes and challenges are unfolding in the Texas Hill Country as the search for nearly 160 people enters its eleventh night. Over the last few days, weather has made the search difficult.Despite the tough conditions,

Texas officials and Hill Country leaders knew the risks of flooding along the Guadalupe. Warnings went unheeded, flood warnings, river gauges and sirens unfunded — and more than 130 Texans died.

INGRAM, Texas — Search and rescue crews from Mexico were forced to halt their operations on the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas Monday as rain caused water levels to rise, complicating efforts to find victims of the deadly July 4th floods.