Camp Mystic Flooding Incident

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Camp Mystic Owner Killed By Horrific Floods Was Warning Officials About the River For Decades

The owner of Texas Christian summer camp Camp Mystic died during the state's horrific floods last week, despite repeatedly warning officials about the volatility of the nearby Guadalupe River.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Camp Mystic girls had a safe haven by the river for 100 years. Then, the flood came.

In the week since the flood, generations of Mystic Girls are turning to each other. They are seeking the familiar that takes them back to camp.

NPR · 1d

Camp Mystic asked to remove buildings from government flood maps despite risk

The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, and nationwide as many Americans have a flood risk they are not aware of.

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Click2Houston · 9d

Camp Mystic confirms catastrophic flooding, search underway for missing campers

KERR COUNTY, Texas – Emergency crews are searching for possible missing campers after catastrophic flooding hit Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls’ camp in Kerr County.

New York Daily News · 8d

At least 51 dead in Texas floods, search for missing campers continues

A desperate search was underway in Texas for those still missing — among them dozens of young girls from a Christian sleepaway camp — after intense rainfall rapidly overwhelmed the Guadalupe

NBC News · 8d

At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing from summer camp

In Kerr County, which has been the most impacted, at least 43 people are dead and 27 children remain missing tonight after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls. The statewide death toll thus far stands at 51 people.

Camp Mystic was in the nation’s ‘most dangerous river valley.’ Parents say they never knew.

Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no ...

San Antonio Express-News4d

Flood risk at Camp Mystic dates back years before deadly deluge

The only flooding Orgain recalled from her years at Mystic was in 2004, when Cypress Creek, a tributary of the Guadalupe that cuts through the camp property, overflowed a low-lying bridge.

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Kerr County Catastrophe, Flood Devastation Mounts with 43 Dead, 27 Camp Mystic Girls Missing Amidst Search and Rescue Chaos

Kerr County is reeling from deadly July 4th flooding, with 43 deaths and 27 girls from Camp Mystic missing, prompting ...

6don MSN

Camp Mystic worker living in Philly reflects on deadly Texas flash flooding

Police are investigating after a woman was struck by three vehicles along Route 1 in East Falls on Tuesday morning. According ...

The New York Times4d

As Texas Flood Raged, Camp Mystic Was Left to Fend for Itself

Camp Mystic, a girls’ camp along the river where at least 27 people lost their lives, experienced severe flooding sometime between 2 and 3 a.m., according to accounts from parents whose ...

WSB Radio4d

Metro Atlanta camps review safety procedures following Camp Mystic flooding

Kim Nelson, Chief Program Officer at the YMCA of Metro Atlanta, says the incident has prompted a renewed focus on safety. ... The death toll from the flooding at Camp Mystic stands at 120, ...

6don MSN

Central Texas flooding a ‘full repeat’ of Pa. man’s 1987 experience as a camper

David Simmons, 55, of Elizabethtown, watched first-hand a similar tragedy unfold in the same area of central Texas almost 40 ...

4don MSN

Large number of people missing in Texas floods clouds the full toll of the catastrophe

The flash flood was the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon flood on July 31, ...

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