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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 ...
Missing Camp Mystic Counselor Katherine Ferruzzo’s Remains Found 7 Days After Texas Floods
Katherine Ferruzzo, a Camp Mystic counselor who had been missing since the Texas floods, was found dead on Friday, July 11, ...
Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later.
More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep ...
A tribute to Camp Mystic counselors who risked it all in Texas flood
Catherine Wendlandt, a freelance writer in Texas who has written stories for Chron, attended Camp Mystic as a camper from ...
A 94-year-old grandmother lost her house in the Texas floods. Her family says rebuilding their home is worth the risk
After hours of waiting and praying in the attic, the water stopped rising and the family was rescued. A first responder ...
Texas family mourns 'shining light' 8-year-old daughter confirmed dead in Camp Mystic flood disaster
Texas Rangers have identified Kellyanne Elizabeth Lytal, 8, as a victim of Camp Mystic after 27 girls went missing after the ...
‘These Are Kids’: A Coast Guard Pilot Recalls Responding to the Devastation at Camp Mystic Amid the Texas Floods
The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour ...
Camp Mystic’s ‘littlest souls’ were nurtured in Bubble Inn. All the cabin’s girls and 2 counselors were lost in the Texas flood
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills ...
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.
Camp Mystic survivors heard screams in the dark as flood waters hit hours earlier than previously thought
Many of the 650 campers and staffers at Camp Mystic were asleep when, at 1:14 a.m., a flash-flood warning for Kerr County, ...