Camp Mystic, Texas flood
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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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WVTM Channel 13 on MSNCamp Mystic's flood exemptions questioned after deadly Texas tragedyCamp Mystic's FEMA flood map exemptions are under scrutiny after a devastating flood swept through the Texas camp, raising questions about oversight and safety.
Flash floods devastate Texas summer camp leaving children missing as catastrophic flooding hits Camp Mystic and families desperately search
NBC News’ Morgan Chesky speaks with a young camper who survived catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic and has a message for grieving families.
Rescuers backed by additional federal resources will continue searching Sunday for missing children from Camp Mystic and entire families who were swept away during Friday’s catastrophic flooding that
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That designation means an area is likely to be inundated during a 100-year flood — one severe enough that it only has a 1% chance of happening in any given year.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at least 161 people are known to be missing, after catastrophic flooding hit the state. The number includes five Camp Mystic campers, a counselor, “another child not associated with the camp” and 12 people “in other parts of the state.
Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review found.
Federal regulators removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from a 100-year flood map as the camp looked to expand.