Texas, flood and Camp Mystic
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17hon MSNOpinion
Texas officials and Hill Country leaders knew the risks of flooding along the Guadalupe. Warnings went unheeded, flood warnings, river gauges and sirens unfunded - and more than 130 Texans died.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
5don MSN
Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp.
"Once I was in the attic, I gave 911 our names and our address so that they could identify our bodies," Ashley Smith shared of her experience
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.
Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.
There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.