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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.
The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, and nationwide as many Americans have a flood risk they are not aware of.
Camp officials at the Mo-Ranch Assembly summer camp acted quickly without warnings to evacuate 70 people from rising Guadalupe River waters.
Authorities said at least 24 people have died in flooding around Kerr County, Texas, and officials are still performing water rescues.
Catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River over the weekend devastated several popular summer camps, claiming the lives of at least 27 young girls and leaving families from
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Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
Richard "Dick" Eastland, the late owner of Camp Mystic who died in last week's flooding, was aware of the dangers of the Guadalupe River and previously advocated for change in warning systems.
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
Camp Mystic, the summer haven torn apart by a deadly flood, has been a getaway for girls to make lifelong friends and find “ways to grow spiritually.”