Texas, flash flood and Camp Mystic
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Hundreds of children were at the all-girls summer camp when flood waters hit Friday, leaving a dozen missing and several confirmed dead.
Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he tried to save the lives of his young campers and gave his life in the process, Fox News reported. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) wrote of Eastland’s devotion to the camp.
Camp Mystic has been devastated by the catastrophic flooding in Texas. U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot Lt. Ian Hopper aided in the mission to save stranded campers there and joins Ana Cabrera to detail the "whirlwind" search and rescue efforts.
Lucy had been asleep Thursday night in her bunk at Camp Mystic, a roughly 750-person summer camp in Hunt. Rain had begun to pound an area known to be at severe risk of flash floods. On “Here’s the Scoop,” podcast co-host Morgan Chesky takes listeners on the ground to hear from survivors of Texas’ catastrophic flooding.
Mexican firefighters trained in search and rescue have joined the efforts to find the victims of the tragic flooding in the battered Texas Hill Country.
Rescuers were searching Saturday for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others who are still missing after a wall of water blasted down a river in the Texas Hill Country.
Camp Mystic was hosting 750 children this week when deadly flooding in Texas devastated the state, which has left over 80 people dead.
On its website on Monday morning, the camp also thanked the community, first responders and officials for support during "this unimaginable tragedy."
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.