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With the holiday weekend ahead of them, some 750 girls bunked in last Thursday night at Camp Mystic. Just a few miles away in ...

Survivors of the deadly floods in Texas -- which have killed at least 95 people -- share their experiences with the weather ...

Flash floods in Texas killed dozens and left an unknown number of July Fourth visitors and campers missing, including many ...

Camp Mystic in Kerr County says Monday morning that it is “grieving the loss” of 27 campers and counselors as the search ...

The risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas with more rain on the way. The Texas Hill Country is home to several summer camps. Searchers there have found the bodies of 75 ...

At least 27 campers and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic during the devastating Texas floods. Some are still missing.

The search for missing bodies is ongoing along Texas’ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed at least ...

Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central ...

Camp Mystic, according to the Texas Tribune, has hosted the daughters of former governors, a president, and other politicians ...

“Emma Foltz, of Alexandria, Louisiana, and rising senior at Louisiana Tech, has been a camp counselor at Camp Mystic in Texas ...

A "worst case scenario" of meteorological events contributed to the extreme flash flooding event that killed dozens of people in the region, according to experts.