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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 ...
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 ...
Kerr County asked for a flood warning system and didn’t get it. Would it have made a difference?
Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have ...
Body of missing 8-year-old Camp Mystic camper found: ‘She was tiny but mighty’
The body of a young Houston girl reported missing during the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has been found.
Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past ...
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 ...
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Viral Video Shows Camp Mystic Survivors Singing A Christian Hymn On Evacuation Bus As They Pass Texas Flood Destruction
It’s been five days since Texas was devastated by the ruthless flooding of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries. Several Texas counties were affected by the flood, with Texas Hill County and Kerr ...
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 ...