Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show

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.

‘Whites-Only Enclave’: Former Houston Official Faces Backlash Over Camp Mystic Comments

A former Houston official faced harsh criticism over her comments about victims who died in a Texas flood over Independence Day weekend. Sade Perkins, a former Houston official appointed by the late Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, posted a video on social media criticizing the response to campers’ deaths at Camp Mystic. At least 27 campers and counselors from the camp died in the floods that devastated Texas’ Hill Country. The deaths at Camp Mys…

As Texas flood raged, Camp Mystic was left to fend for itself

In the first three hours after the National Weather Service sent out an alert at 1:14 a.m. on July 4, warning of "life-threatening flash flooding" near Kerrville, Texas, the Guadalupe River would rise 20 feet. Yet local leaders would remain largely unheard from, raising questions about both local preparedness and whether the state of Texas should be doing more to notify flood-prone rural counties when they are in danger.

Texas growth and lax rules put more homes in harm’s way from flood disasters

As deadly floods strike Central Texas, experts say outdated maps, weak regulations, and rapid development are funneling millions of Texans into flood-prone areas with few safeguards.Joshua Fechter and Paul Cobler report for The Texas Tribune.In short:Texas counties lack the authority to enforce building codes or zoning rules that could limit construction in flood-prone areas, leaving roughly five million Texans exposed to severe flood risk.Flood…

‘Disasters are a human choice’: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas

Camp Mystic, the private summer camp that now symbolizes the deadly Central Texas floods, sat on a tract of land known to be at high risk for a devastating flood.

Deadly floods at Camp Mystic echo 1987 tragedy in US state of Texas

Guadalupe River floods strike same region 38 years after similar deadly disaster, media reports - Anadolu Ajansı