Texas, Camp Mystic and floods
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Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.
Satellite images show the damage left behind after floodwaters rushed through Camp Mystic, Camp La Junta and other summer camps on July 4.
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.
Search and recovery teams are also looking for a missing camp counselor who hasn't been seen since the July Fourth flooding catastrophe.
More than 170 people are still believed to be missing a week after the forceful floodwater hit over the July Fourth weekend.
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FOX Weather on MSNMother, son tell how historic floods swept through La Junta boys camp along Guadalupe RiverMore harrowing stories of survival are being told in the wake of historic flash flooding in central Texas that claimed at least 120 lives, including dozens of children who were at Camp Mystic, a historic summer camp nestled along the Guadalupe River.
The president has defended his administration's response to the fatal flooding amid criticism that federal assistance could have been provided more quickly.
President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there. Search and rescue operations are ongoing. After touring the flood zone,