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Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says
A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns about communication ...
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 ...
Camp Mystic began evacuating 45 minutes after 'life-threatening flash flooding' alert: Spokesperson
Camp Mystic's executive director began evacuating campers approximately 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued ...
Camp Mystic did not evacuate kids immediately when warned of 'life threatening' flood
The National Weather Service issued an urgent flood warning at 1:14 a.m. July 4th. Camp personnel did not start moving girls ...
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 ...
Photos: Summer camps before, after Guadalupe River flooding
Satellite images show the damage left behind after floodwaters rushed through Camp Mystic, Camp La Junta and other summer ...
Camp Mystic counselor, campers remain missing after Texas flood
Almost a week has passed since fast-moving floodwaters tore through the Texas Hill Country during the early morning hours of ...
Texas flooding map and photos: Camp Mystic among sites with catastrophic storm damage
At Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas, where officials are grieving the loss of 27 children and counselors, ...
Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show
Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly ...
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 ...
Camp Mystic girls had a safe haven by the river for 100 years. Then, the flood came.
In the week since the flood, generations of Mystic Girls are turning to each other. They are seeking the familiar that takes them back to camp.
Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood
The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an ...