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Almost 20 Camp Mystic cabins were in known flood zone — despite recent $5M overhaul of century-old site
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely ...
Camp Mystic Cabins Stood in an ‘Extremely Hazardous’ Floodway
An analysis of flood maps shows that several buildings, including those where children were sleeping, were in known hazard ...
Camper evacuated from Texas floods recalls harrowing hours at Camp Mystic
Lucy had been asleep Thursday night in her bunk at Camp Mystic, a roughly 750-person summer camp in Hunt. Rain had begun to ...
Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, Camp Mystic’s 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to ...
Seventh Camp Mystic girl from Dallas dies in Central Texas flood, family confirms
Virginia Wynne Naylor, 8, was at Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp with cabins along the river in a rural part of Kerr County ...
Camp Mystic says it is mourning loss of 27 campers, counselors in Texas flooding
Camp Mystic said in a statement that 27 of its campers and counselors died in the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas ...
Texas officials deflect mounting questions about response to deadly flood
Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done ...