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Years Before Disaster, Camp Mystic Buildings Were Removed from Flood Zone After Appeal to FEMA
Back in 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, in a “Special ...
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, ...
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’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 ...
Maps show where devastating flash flooding hit Texas, including Camp Mystic
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and ...
Horrifying Texas flood before-and-after images show devastating damage at Camp Mystic, where girls, campers were swept away
Devastating new satellite images reveal the extent of the Texas floods destruction at Camp Mystic and all along the ...
FEMA OK’d requests to move Camp Mystic buildings from flood map
Experts say Camp Mystic’s requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood ...
Camp Mystic was in the nation’s ‘most dangerous river valley.’ Parents say they never knew.
Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no ...
Tragedy in Pictures: Texas Flooding Damage as Waters Recede
Flash floods that hit central Texas devastated Hill Country during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, killing dozens of people.
‘Stick with Mystic' Fort Worth woman makes tribute yard signs to raise donations for Camp Mystic
A Fort Worth mother and daughter are making yard signs to raise donations for Camp Mystic after floods killed campers and ...
FEMA let Camp Mystic operate in 100-year flood zone despite deadly warnings for years: ‘Particularly disturbing’
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 floodplain ...
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What Camp Mystic Looks Like a Day After Deadly Floods: Photos
Five campers and a 19-year-old counselor from Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp in Kerr County that was hit early on July 4, were among the scores of people still unaccounted for.