Texas floods death toll in Kerr County hits 96
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For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.
The body of a young Houston girl reported missing during the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has been found.
The parents of a third Austin child confirmed Friday that their daughter died at Camp Mystic in Kerr County after floodwaters swept through the campground along the Guadalupe River in Hunt.
Attorney who specialize in representing victims and defendants in these kinds of catastrophic events agree that the likely targets of litigation in the
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at Camp Mystic almost reached the top of the dining hall’s stairs.
Former Camp Mystic camper and counselor Margaret Donnelly remembers the camp as a "magical place," as the search continues for the missing after deadly flooding in Kerr County.
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.
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.