Texas, Camp Mystic and flood
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Camp Mystic's executive director began evacuating campers approximately 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued a "life-threatening flash flooding" alert.
Texas floods latest: 133 dead as report claims Camp Mystic leader received flood warning hour before disaster - Flash flood warnings remain in effect across parts of Central Texas Tuesday morning as t
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Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.
Texas S Michael Taaffe says the tie he wore today to SEC Media Days is a tribute to the Camp Mystic victims. Those are the initials of the campers, counselors and director who passed away in this month’s tragic flood. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/CRiy6pDTYZ
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
"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
The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas.