In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions ...

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Kerr County and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority have tried several times to get funding to upgrade flood alerts on the river, dating back to 2016.

Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency plan just two days before the devastating flood killed more than two ...

Two days before flash floods on the Guadalupe River in Texas killed dozens of campers at a Christian girls summer camp, a ...

A disaster plan for Camp Mystic was approved by Texas inspectors just days before devastating flooding killed more than 20 people at the Christian all-girls summer camp, according to records ...

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...

Charles Oakey worked at Camp Stewart, an all-boys summer camp located in Central Texas, in 1985. He says it sits on the ...

Camp officials say they’ve been fielding calls from concerned parents about steps the facilities are taking to ensure camper safety.

Over 100 bodies have been recovered, but the large number of missing suggested that the full extent of the catastrophe was ...

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 160 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search ...

Lucy had been asleep Thursday night in her bunk at Camp Mystic, a roughly 750-person summer camp in Hunt. Outside, rain had ...