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Search and recovery teams are also looking for a missing camp counselor who hasn't been seen since the July Fourth flooding catastrophe.
Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.
The Department of State Health Services released records Tuesday showing the camp complied with a host of state regulations regarding “procedures to be implemented in case of a disaster.”
Generations of the same family have operated the summer camp since 1939. It counts family members of former president and governors as alumnae.
Chloe Childress, a counselor at Camp Mystic, died during the flooding in Hunt, Texas, according to a representative of her high school.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
Camp Mystic was hosting 750 children this week when deadly flooding in Texas devastated the state, which has left over 80 people dead.
Lucy had been asleep Thursday night in her bunk at Camp Mystic, a roughly 750-person summer camp in Hunt. Rain had begun to pound an area known to be at severe risk of flash floods. On “Here’s the Scoop,” podcast co-host Morgan Chesky takes listeners on the ground to hear from survivors of Texas’ catastrophic flooding.
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FOX Weather on MSNBefore and after satellite photos of Camp Mystic, Kerr County show devastation of Texas floodsSatellite imagery taken on Wednesday shows the devastating aftermath of the Fourth of July floods in Texas. The looped video below includes images of Camp Mystic near Hunt, Texas, where 27 girls and counselors were swept away early Friday morning by a flooded Guadalupe River.
Eyewitness accounts reveal terrifying moments when a massive flood struck Hunt, Texas on July Fourth, killing more than 100 people.