Camp Mystic, Texas and floods
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Satellite images show the damage left behind after floodwaters rushed through Camp Mystic, Camp La Junta and other summer camps on July 4.
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
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Irish Star on MSNCamp Mystic owner who died in flash flood spent decades fighting for new flood warning systemThe owner of Camp Mystic not only died trying to save campers, but also spent decades of his life warning about the dangers of flooding along the Guadalupe River, recently advocating for new flood warning systems.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency plan just two days before the devastating flood killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.
As the search for victims continues, county officials say "additional resources" are being deployed as the "mission efforts become more technical."
Days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, search-and-rescue teams are using heavy equipment to untangle and peel away layers of trees, unearth large rocks