Camp Mystic, Texas flood
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Blakely McCrory was spending her first summer at the Christian girls' summer camp, and she told mom, Lindsey McLeod McCrory, that it was "amazing."
The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas.
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
Texas S Michael Taaffe says the tie he wore today to SEC Media Days is a tribute to the Camp Mystic victims. Those are the initials of the campers, counselors and director who passed away in this month’s tragic flood. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/CRiy6pDTYZ
Melania Trump debuted a charm bracelet in the flood victims' honor, saying it holds a "sacred place in my heart."
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Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, according to a report.
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What Happens When a Century-Old Girls’ Camp Faces the Unthinkable?Can one spot mold generations of women, ignite lifelong friendships, and remain the hub of recovery following unimaginable heartbreak?For almost a century, Camp Mystic has been just that a refuge along the Guadalupe River,
Many of the 650 campers and staffers at Camp Mystic were asleep when, at 1:14 a.m., a flash-flood warning for Kerr County, Texas, with “catastrophic” potential for loss of life was issued by the National Weather Service.