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New questions raised about whether Camp Mystic director saw flood warning alert
A spokesperson for Camp Mystic and its owner's family cannot confirm whether flash flood emergency alerts reached personnel ...
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 ...
Fort Worth Camp Mystic girls sell jewelry, raise thousands for Texas flood aid
Coco Grieshaber, an 8-year-old Camp Mystic alumna, threaded beads into a homemade bracelet at her dining room table, sharing ...
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 ...
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 ...
FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones
Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had ...
FEMA approved Camp Mystic appeals to exempt buildings from flood zone
Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...
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 ...
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 ...
Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at ...
8-year-old pens mom letter before she dies in Camp Mystic flood. ‘Made me smile’
The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died during catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas received something “very special” after her death. In one of two letters written to her mother, Blakely ...