Members of the clan that owned Camp Mystic wanted access for recreation. But a cousin said the area designated for family use ...

When too much rain falls for the ground to absorb, it runs downhill, pulled by gravity into streams, creeks and rivers.

Many camps in the Guadalupe river region are adjacent or are partially inside high-risk flood zones, according to maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Texas ranks as the country’s leader in flood fatalities, and the Hill Country flood of July 2025 ranks among the deadliest in American history, claiming more than 130 lives and with dozens unaccounted ...

Texas flood at Camp Mystic prompts summer camps to enhance weather monitoring and communication tools as more camps seek ...

US regulators reportedly granted appeals to remove many Camp Mystic buildings from official flooding risk maps years before 27 children ... through the premises before dawn on 4 July. Across Texas, at ...

Kerr County sits in a region known as Flash Flood Alley, and at least four cabins at Camp Mystic sat in an extremely ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...

A series of summer camps ... Texas counties, said that flood warning systems are often simple networks of rain gauges or stream gauges that are triggered when rain or floodwaters exceed a certain ...

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

For many in Oklahoma, summer means summer camp. But as the flooding tragedy unfolds in Texas, how are camps preparing in case ...