Teens at the Pot O’ Gold Christian Camp near Comfort, Texas, were swamped by a wall of water as they tried to escape.

It took just 90 minutes for the river to rise more than 30 feet. A look at the historic flood levels now etched into Central Texas history.

As search and rescue efforts continue in response to the “catastrophic” and deadly flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County on Friday morning,

As Texas mourns lives lost in the recent Hill Country floods, a survivor of the 1987 Guadalupe River flood that killed 10 North Texas teens shares her story of survival, grief, and hope. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards reports.

There are two types of natural disasters in this country. Sometimes, it’s the weather that’s getting worse, as climate change leaves Americans exposed to new risks in places they thought were safe. Sometimes, it’s the land use that’s getting worse, as high costs and lack of regulation push people into locations with long-standing known dangers.

Camp Mystic, the summer haven torn apart by a deadly flood, has been a getaway for girls to make lifelong friends and find “ways to grow spiritually.”

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.

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