Camp Mystic sits on a bend in the south fork of the Guadalupe River, a few miles southwest of the town of Hunt and 18 miles west of Kerrville. Children were asleep in cabins when the emergency began.

The National Weather Service’s more urgent alert at 1:14 a.m. had warned of “life threatening flash flooding” in Kerr County, where Camp Mystic is in a flood zone.

Camp Mystic’s co-owner only started evacuating campers more than 45 minutes after getting an emergency alert about the “life-threatening” flash floods, it has been revealed. Richard “Dick ...

Camp Mystic's FEMA flood map exemptions are under scrutiny after a devastating flood swept through the Texas camp, raising questions about oversight and safety.

We didn’t know if they got washed away in the rapids. We didn’t know anything,” one of the twins said. A satellite image of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on June 23, 2023, before the floods.

Camp Mystic survivors have described hearing the terrifying screams of their fellow campers in the dark as they were swept up in the devastating July 4 Texas floods.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in ...

Camp Mystic, founded in 1926 and on the cusp of its centennial, was more than just a summer retreat; it was a place of acceptance and learning, where differences were embraced.

The federal government allowed Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River, to remove multiple buildings from government flood maps, even though private data suggests the ...

What it’s like driving to Camp Mystic after the Fourth of July flood Pain, defeat and hope were visible along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Warren Brown/Staff ...

The camp requested that FEMA, the agency responsible for creating maps that help warn Americans where water might rise, remove more than a dozen buildings from what FEMA designates a floodplain at ...