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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 surge.
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 people.
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 outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at Camp Mystic almost reached the top of the dining hall’s stairs.
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 becoming First Lady,
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 state inspector approved operations, noting there was a written plan for responding to natural disasters.
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, Ferruzzo's family confirmed in a statement obtained by NBC 5.
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 teenagers were killed when a bus and van washed away near Comfort, Texas.
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 died. BBC Verify's Jake Horton has visited Kerr County in Texas to find out what happened there and why it was so badly hit.
Texas Camp Mystic Removed From 100-Year Flood Map By FEMA
In Texas Hill Country, a region prone to sudden, deadly floods, parts of a prominent summer camp were quietly removed from high-risk flood zone maps between 2013 and 2020. Camp Mystic, a private girls’ camp on the Guadalupe River,

8-year-old Bellaire girl wrote a letter to mom from Camp Mystic before deadly floods

Blakely McCrory, an 8-year-old from Bellaire, wrote her mom a letter from Camp Mystic before she died in the July 4 flood.

Camp Mystic reportedly waited an hour to evacuate after warnings of ‘life-threatening’ Texas floods

The director of Camp Mystic waited more than an hour after receiving a life-threatening flood alert before beginning to ...
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Only 2 remain missing from Hill Country floods, including a girl from Camp Mystic, Gov. Abbott says

Only one girl from Camp Mystic and one adult male remain missing more than two weeks after the deadly Hill Country floods, ...

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 ...