Texas officials approved Camp Mystic's operating plan
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The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.
Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
Heroics of Texas camp counselors cast spotlight on those who oversee millions of US kids each summer
As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm.
On the morning of July 7, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo expressed condolences for the lives lost in the floods. She also recognized Garza and Zárate for their efforts helping save camp attendees. “They make us proud,” she said.
Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight's little sister, Paisley, was at a camp on a smaller arm of the Guadalupe River. The 14-year-old was "just miles" away from Camp Mystic in Central Texas, which has been devastated by the deadly floodwaters spurred by extreme rainfall on July 4.
The floods that brought destruction and heartbreak to the Texas Hill Country, and Kerr County in particular ... with more than 170 still missing. Hardest hit was Camp Mystic for Girls, a Christian summer camp west of Kerrville along the banks of the ...
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The Texas Tribune on MSN“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areasExperts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.