Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.

Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis depicted a supporter of President Donald Trump drowning under the severe flash floods that took place in Texas.

More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.

There are reports some cloud seeding occurred a few days before the Texas flash flood. But it’s important to understand that cloud seeding has a relatively short-term effect in that a certain cloud is seeded and perhaps turns into one individual rain cloud or even a thunderstorm. The increased rainfall would not last for days.

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.

After the tragic flooding in Kerr County, our photographers were there to document a battered but resilient community.

Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.