Camp Mystic did not evacuate kids
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The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas. And Camp Mystic – an all-girls Christian camp situated along the Guadalupe River – housed about 750 campers on the flood-prone site as heavy rains started pouring.
The words "American Camp Association Accredited" is what some parent tells KXAN investigators they look for before deciding on a summer camp.
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FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth on MSNFEMA removed parts of Camp Mystic from 100-year flood map after camp appeals, AP reportFEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from its 100-year floodplain map for Kerr County, the AP reports.
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Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, according to a report.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, Texas, in 2011.
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FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth on MSNNorth Texas man runs 100 miles to raise Kerr County relief fundsIn both a feat of incredible strength and endurance and a show of support for those suffering in the wake of devastating floods in Central Texas, a man laced up his shoes on Monday and ran until Tuesday evening.
Federal emergency authorities removed dozens of structures from a Texas summer camp s official flood hazard map in the years before a catastrophic flash flood tore through the facility, killing
Searches continue for those still missing, but memorials to the more than 100 people tragically lost in the Central Texas floods have already begun to appear. Around Dallas and across Texas, green ribbons commemorate the lives of the victims,