Texas, floods and Camp Mystic
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Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
The death toll from Friday morning’s horrific flooding rose to at least 80 across Texas on Sunday evening, with 68 of the deaths in Kerr County, where Camp Mystic is based.
Torrential rains pounded Central Texas on Friday, dropping more than 10 inches of rain and causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet, flooding Camp Mystic and nearby areas in Kerr County. By Saturday morning, it was confirmed that Dick Eastland, 70, had died. News of his death quickly spread across generations of Camp Mystic alumni.
Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two hours
The “Bubble Inn” bunkhouse hosted the youngest kids at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp caught in the deadly July 4 flooding in the state’s Hill Country.
The US president and first lady surveyed the damage from the deadly floods where 120 people were killed and 161 are still missing.