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Kerr County, Texas, flood maps reveal Camp Mystic and two others in high-risk zones
The number of people reported missing in Kerr County, Texas, as a result of last week’s flash floods continues to soar. Authorities say search teams combing through the debris and destruction there are looking for more than 160 people who disappeared in the raging waters.

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See how the Texas floods unfolded and why Camp Mystic was in a hazardous location
North Texas camps working to ease parent, camper anxiety after Central Texas flooding
4 questions that are still unanswered about Texas' deadly floods
Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods as a painstaking search for victims continues along the Guadal...

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Texas flooding victims: From young campers to a dad saving his family, what we know about the lives lost
Discovery of Victims Slows Nearly a Week After the Texas Floods
What It Means to Be a Mystic Girl
Many campers dreamed that someday, their own daughters would attend; mothers would put their daughters on the Mystic waiting list right after the babies were born.

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Why the Mystic girls kept singing: ‘Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary’ | Opinion
Recipe, memories of Hill Country Camp Mystic's iconic Tweety Cookies
Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had discussed installing a flood warning system
Body of missing 8-year-old Camp Mystic camper found: ‘She was tiny but mighty’
The body of a young Houston girl reported missing during the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has been found.
Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System
Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue.
Almost 20 Camp Mystic cabins were in known flood zone — despite recent $5M overhaul of century-old site
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.
Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
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.
At least 24 dead, over 20 children missing from summer camp in 'catastrophic' Texas flood
Authorities said at least 24 people have died in flooding around Kerr County, Texas, and officials are still performing water rescues.
Plans for Guadalupe River flood monitoring system were scheduled to get underway in mid-July
Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
Texas Mom Recalls Heartbreaking Moment Telling 6-Year-Old Daughter Her Friend Died in Camp Mystic Flood (Exclusive)
Alicia Duff tells PEOPLE how and why she decided to tell her kids, ages 6 and 8, that one of their friends died during the flooding in Texas.
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