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First the rain, then the flood: How Camp Mystic campers woke to devastation on July 4

The flood claimed at least 27 lives at Mystic, according to local and camp officials.

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Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic

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Maps show where devastating flash flooding hit Texas, including Camp Mystic

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FEMA Removed Dozens of Camp Mystic Buildings From 100-Year Flood Map Before Expansion, Records Show

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 the ...

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FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones

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FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared

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Texas camp buildings were removed from map showing flood risks, US media reports

"I think it's extremely troubling that it's a camp for children," Prof Pralle told the New York Times.

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What It Means to Be a Mystic Girl

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Letter from the Editor: After Texas floods, archives provide grim reminder of Oregon’s deadliest natural disaster

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Rain data shows why Texas’ Camp Mystic area was ground zero for deadly wall of water

Radar data can estimate rainfall to a fairly accurate amount. The rain data in the case of the deadly tragedy that unfolded in the Texas Hill Country last weekend shows exactly why the area around Camp Mystic and the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, had such a raging flash flood.

Camp Mystic was in the nation’s ‘most dangerous river valley.’ Parents say they never knew.

Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no one foresaw tragedy.

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In the dark, amid screams, a Camp Mystic counselor had 16 girls and one headlamp

The first drops of rain had yet to fall when Ainslie Bashara, a counselor at Camp Mystic, noticed that one of the younger girls had begun to tear up. They were walking back to their cabin, Giggle Box, as another storm swelled over the Texas Hill Country. The girl feared what was coming, so Ainslie wrapped an arm around her.

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At least 27 dead at Camp Mystic as officials say they were caught off guard by storm

The deadly floods that struck Texas on the Fourth of July caught local officials off guard as the torrential rains caused the Guadalupe River to overflow in minutes.

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Records: FEMA cut dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion

In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area.