Camp Mystic, Kids and flash flood
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Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no one foresaw tragedy.
KERR COUNTY, Texas – Emergency crews are searching for possible missing campers after catastrophic flooding hit Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls’ camp in Kerr County.
Camp Mystic flood claims 27 lives as summer camp tragedies continue across America, from deadly flash floods and drownings to the infamous Girl Scout murders and natural disasters.
Police are investigating after a woman was struck by three vehicles along Route 1 in East Falls on Tuesday morning. According to police, the incident happened at about 5:05 a.m., when a woman in the roadway heading southbound was struck by three vehicles on Roosevelt Boulevard between Fox Street and Ridge Avenue.
Kerr County is reeling from deadly July 4th flooding, with 43 deaths and 27 girls from Camp Mystic missing, prompting evacuations and intense search efforts.
In the wake of disaster, people are relying on the volunteer fire department, the backbone of the Hill Country.
The flash flood was the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon flood on July 31, 1976, killed 144 people, said Bob Henson, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections. That flood surged through a narrow canyon packed with people on a holiday weekend marking Colorado’s centennial.
A desperate search was underway in Texas for those still missing — among them dozens of young girls from a Christian sleepaway camp — after intense rainfall rapidly overwhelmed the Guadalupe
In Kerr County, which has been the most impacted, at least 43 people are dead and 27 children remain missing tonight after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls. The statewide death toll thus far stands at 51 people. The number of deaths blamed on the flooding in Texas has risen to 51 tonight.
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