Camp Mystic, flash flood
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A spokesperson for Camp Mystic and its owner's family cannot confirm whether flash flood emergency alerts reached personnel on July 4.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, Texas, in 2011.
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Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, according to a report.
The Rangers also launched a "Together for Texas" campaign, selling T-shirts and raising funds to send to the affected region.
Camp Mystic director Dick Eastland and other rescuers used SUVs to move girls to safety from three cabins closest to the river. Then things fell apart.
A catastrophic flood has shown the world what Texans already knew. A Hill Country camp is not just a place. It is a spirit.
The 8-year-old was the final missing Camp Mystic girl after floods overtook the shores of the Guadalupe River in parts of Kerr County.
The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas.