Texas, Camp Mystic
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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.
More cabins and buildings at Camp Mystic — the tragic site of more than two dozen deaths in the Texas flood — were at risk of flooding than what the federal government had previously reported, according to new analysis from NPR,
It’s been five days since Texas was devastated by the ruthless flooding of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries. Several Texas counties were affected by the flood, with Texas Hill County and Kerr County getting the brunt of the damage.
Former Houston appointee Sade Perkins recently came under fire after claiming that Camp Mystic was "White-only" as the Texas camp deals with catastrophic flooding that killed dozens.
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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Controversy erupted after a fundraiser for Sade Perkins, a former Houston official who made racial comments about the 27 girls who died in Camp Mystic floods.
Texas Hill Country's Camp Mystic was a refuge until the floods came – one made of water, the other made of lies. Grieving parents face social media rumors, Internet hoaxes and