A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic
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The family of Dick and Tweety Eastland, the owners of Camp Mystic, where at least 27 died during the devastating Texas floods, is focusing on helping the families of campers and counselors while trying to process their own grief.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, Texas, in 2011.
The article discusses the impact of Texas floods with at least 121 fatalities, including loss at Camp Mystic. It highlights acts of heroism and shares individual stories, like the Renee Smajstrla Memorial Fund for camp scholarships.
Search and recovery teams are also looking for a missing camp counselor who hasn't been seen since the July Fourth flooding catastrophe.
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager, whose mother, former first lady Laura Bush, was a counselor at Camp Mystic, reacted to the tragic flooding in Texas that has left at least 10 children currently unaccounted for at the summer camp.
Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.
Two 8-year-old Austin girls died in Kerr County flooding; community and school district support grieving families.