Texas, floods and Camp Mystic
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Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.
Camp Mystic, the summer haven torn apart by a deadly flood, has been a getaway for girls to make lifelong friends and find “ways to grow spiritually.”
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.
The death toll from Friday morning’s horrific flooding rose to at least 80 across Texas on Sunday evening, with 68 of the deaths in Kerr County, where Camp Mystic is based.
President Donald Trump spoke with Fox News host Will Cain about rescue efforts in Kerrville, Texas after catastrophic flash floods on "The Will Cain Show."