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Almost 20 Camp Mystic cabins were in known flood zone — despite recent $5M overhaul of century-old site
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely ...
Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past ...
Body of missing 8-year-old Camp Mystic camper found: ‘She was tiny but mighty’
The body of a young Houston girl reported missing during the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has been found.
Texas floods death toll in Kerr County hits 96; 161 still missing, including 6 from Camp Mystic
Kerr County officials say death toll has risen to 96 due to the Hill Country floods, including 60 adults and 36 children.
75 confirmed dead in Kerr County, Texas; Camp Mystic mourns 27 girls, counselors
The number of fatalities connected to the Kerr County floods has risen to 75, local officials said Monday as search and ...
Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, Camp Mystic’s 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to ...
Despite national, state warnings, Kerr County, Camp Mystic didn’t evacuate
As the death count in the Independence Day flooding in central Texas has now surpassed that of Hurricane Harvey, with dozens ...
Texas floods latest: Trump departs for county where Camp Mystic is located as death toll reaches 121
President Donald Trump is set to survey the damage in the hard-hit county where Camp Mystic campers and staff are among the 96 dead ...