Texas, Death and Cleaning Up
Digest more
Texas, floods and Camp Mystic
Digest more
26m
FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth on MSNNorth Texas lemonade stand raises money for Camp Mystic victims' familiesSaturday afternoon, like many kids do, a group in Highland Park held a lemonade stand. The money wasn't for them, but for those who lost their daughters in the historic flooding event in Hunt, Texas,
KERRVILLE, Texas — Texas-based company James Avery artisan jewelry is mourning the loss of a young family member who died in last week's flash flooding. The company's chairman announced Friday that 8-year-old Renee Smajstrla died in the Kerr County floods. She was a camper at Camp Mystic. The camp has lost 27 campers and counselors in the flood.
2don MSN
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.
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at Camp Mystic almost reached the top of the dining hall’s stairs.
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had discussed installing a flood warning system
Nine days after flash floods hit Kerr County, the death toll has risen, with over 170 still missing statewide. Search crews continue working in dangerous conditions. Rescuers recall emotional moments,
At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them