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At least 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic perished in Friday's floods, with the total death toll in the floods now surpassing 100.
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 video truly shows Texas National Guard troops rescuing campers from Camp Mystic on July 4, hours following early-morning flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. As of July 8,
Democrats have blamed climate change for the Texas floods around Camp Mystic, but Heritage experts poke holes in this narrative.
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
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.
As rescuers continue searching for missing people after flash floods ravaged Texas, officials warn that more rain poses "life-threatening danger."
By JIM VERTUNO, JULIO CORTEZ and JOHN SEEWER KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rescuers scoured a devastated central Texas landscape of mangled trees, overturned cars and muck-filled debris Saturday