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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp ...
Texas flood victims include young girls, Camp Mystic staff, teachers, grandparents: "Unimaginable grief"
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
To Honor Those Lost at Camp Mystic, I Made the Owner’s Signature Cookies
After the devastating Texas flood, former Mystic campers have been making Tweety Cookies for first responders, fundraisers and comfort.
Texas Woman and Camp Mystic Alum Recalls Surviving Deadly Flooding and a Haunting Conversation with Emergency Responders
"Once I was in the attic, I gave 911 our names and our address so that they could identify our bodies," Ashley Smith shared of her experience ...
Camp Mystic camper, James Avery family member confirmed dead
The company's chairman announced Friday that 8-year-old Renee Smajstrla died in the Kerr County floods. She was a camper at ...
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 ...
River Inn, Camp Mystic and others to face probes and litigation, say legal experts
Attorney who specialize in representing victims and defendants in these kinds of catastrophic events agree that the likely ...
Camp Mystic tragedy: 5 campers still unaccounted for, at least 30 girls and counselors among fatalities
Search and recovery teams are also looking for a missing camp counselor who hasn't been seen since the July Fourth flooding ...