Camp Mystic had a disaster plan before the flood
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state "will not stop until every missing person is found" following devastating flooding in central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend that left at least 105 dead. Five young girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic in Hunt remain missing Tuesday.
Kansas City Chiefs Owner's Daughter Gracie Hunt expressed her heartache on Monday, July 7, after her family lost a 9-year-old relative in the deadly Texas floods
MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION: The catastrophic flooding struck on Friday, causing a surge of 20 to 26 feet on the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, causing widespread damage. President Donald Trump has signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, which is west of Austin.
Former Houston appointee Sade Perkins recently came under fire after claiming that Camp Mystic was "White-only" as the Texas camp deals with catastrophic flooding that killed dozens.
Amy and Joe Etheridge, of Cat Spring, say they dropped off their son, Windom, at Camp La Junta in Hunt, about 13 miles west of Kerrville, last week.
KERR COUNTY, Texas – Camp Mystic, a girls-only camp on the Guadalupe River, had to be evacuated overnight due to flooding. The camp is located west of Kerrville in Kerr County, where six to 10 inches of rain fell from Thursday night into Friday morning.
The National Water Center warned several rivers would face serious flooding by Friday afternoon, including the Colorado River near San Saba, Texas; the Guadalupe River near Comfort, Texas; the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, Texas; and the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas.
Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.