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Camp Mystic: Why were so many people killed there during Texas floods?
The recent floods in Texas killed 135 people, including many young children. At least 27 campers and staff from Camp Mystic ...
See how the Texas floods unfolded and why Camp Mystic was in a hazardous location
Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 ...
Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him
Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly ...
Camp Mystic Deaths After Floods Darken a Cherished Texas Tradition
Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent his daughters there, Laura Bush worked there as a counselor years before ...
Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the ...
Missing Camp Mystic Counselor Katherine Ferruzzo’s Remains Found 7 Days After Texas Floods
Katherine Ferruzzo, a Camp Mystic counselor who had been missing since the Texas floods, was found dead on Friday, July 11, ...
Texas officials approved Camp Mystic's operating plan days before the fatal floods
Two days before flash floods on the Guadalupe River in Texas killed dozens of campers at a Christian girls summer camp, a ...
Deadly floods at Camp Mystic: How the tragedy compares to a similar event in 1987
While no one at Camp Mystic died from the 1987 flood -- unlike the dozens that died in the tragedy over the weekend -- 10 ...
Video shows Texas National Guard troops rescuing Camp Mystic campers from flash floods?
The video truly shows Texas National Guard troops rescuing campers from Camp Mystic on July 4, hours following early-morning ...
Where is Camp Mystic? What to know about the Texas summer camp hit hardest by deadly floods
Following catastrophic flooding in the central region of Texas, officials continue to look for missing children at Camp ...
Video shows Camp Mystic girls sing as they are evacuated from Texas floods
The video was posted to TikTok by Devon Paige, a Texas-based nurse who had been working at the summer camp. It has been ...
Camp Mystic director Dick Eastland dies while trying to save girls from Texas floods
Camp Mystic director Richard "Dick" Eastland died while attempting to rescue campers during deadly flooding that tore through ...