Texas, Camp Mystic and floods
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Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 people.
At least 132 people, including 27 campers from Camp Mystic, have died after the catastrophic July 4th flood in Texas Hill Country.
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Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
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Texas Rangers have identified Kellyanne Elizabeth Lytal, 8, as a victim of Camp Mystic after 27 girls went missing after the Guadalupe River flooded the Christian retreat.
"Once I was in the attic, I gave 911 our names and our address so that they could identify our bodies," Ashley Smith shared of her experience
The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas.