Texas, Camp Mystic and Flood Zone
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The deadly Texas floods have brought the state's approach to land approvals, especially in flood-prone areas, under more scrutiny.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
The former Houston mayoral appointee who raged at a flood-ravaged Texas girls camp for being “white only” has been humiliated on a fundraising page — with many only paying the smallest amount possible to let them leave abusive messages of outrage.
At least 119 people have been found dead in nearly a week since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-five of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least three dozen children.
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As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm