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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.
The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.
At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 96 deaths, including 36 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.
KERRVILLE, Texas - The death toll from the devastating floods that swept through Kerr County early Friday stands at 96, officials said Thursday, as search and r
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to safety during the devastating floods that impacted the area last week. Eastland, who was the third generation from his family to manage the camp, was 74.
Guadalupe River flood killed more than two dozen campers, but it is still far too early to assign blame - or to declare the tragedy unavoidable.
Officials reported at least 84 bodies recovered across Kerr and Kendall counties on Monday. That number is expected to grow.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at least 161 people are known to be missing, after catastrophic flooding hit the state. The number includes five Camp Mystic campers, a counselor, “another child not associated with the camp” and 12 people “in other parts of the state.