Camp Mystic, floods
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As the National Weather Service (NWS) issued fresh flash flood warnings for Texas on Sunday, emergency crews were forced to suspend their operations
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.
It was the first time a new round of severe weather has paused the search since the flooding earlier this month. Search efforts are expected to resume Monday.
Richard "Dick" Eastland, the late owner of Camp Mystic who died in last week's flooding, was aware of the dangers of the Guadalupe River and previously advocated for change in warning systems.
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FOX Weather on MSNTrinity University coach mourns ‘kind spirit’ of 8-year-old daughter who died at Camp MysticThe 8-year-old daughter of a Trinity University coach is among the dozens of Camp Mystic campers killed by the July Fourth weekend flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas' Hill Country, the family confirmed to FOX Weather.
Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency plan just two days before the devastating flood killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them