Camp Mystic counselor, campers remain missing
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Safety and weather protocols are top of mind for parents and summer camp leaders following a deadly flood that overwhelmed Central Texas.
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's voice broke as she recounted her emotional visit to Camp Mystic in Texas.
Virginia Wynne Naylor, 8, was at Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp with cabins along the river in a rural part of Kerr County, when the floods hit on July 4. Her family confirmed her death in a statement, referring to her as Wynne.
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.
What happened: State and local authorities said at least 81 people have died in flooding triggered by unrelenting rain Thursday night into Friday. What happened at Camp Mystic? Anguished parents await updates on the children still missing from a 99-year-old nondenominational Christian summer camp caught in the deluge.
Rep. August Pfluger said he reunited with his daughters who were evacuated from Camp Mystic in Texas amid deadly flooding, as stories of heroism emerge.
Amy and Joe Etheridge, of Cat Spring, say they dropped off their son, Windom, at Camp La Junta in Hunt, about 13 miles west of Kerrville, last week.