Texas, Camp and flash flood
Digest more
Kerr County, Texas flooding
Digest more
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.
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.
The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to safety during the devastating floods that impacted the area last week. Eastland, who was the third generation from his family to manage the camp, was 74.
Guadalupe River flood killed more than two dozen campers, but it is still far too early to assign blame - or to declare the tragedy unavoidable.
Officials reported at least 84 bodies recovered across Kerr and Kendall counties on Monday. That number is expected to grow.