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Debates and finger-pointing began almost immediately, with Texans questioning whether the state is ignoring the effects of ...

Camp Mystic was hosting 750 children this week when deadly flooding in Texas devastated the state, leaving at least 79 dead ...

It was about 1 a.m. on the Fourth of July when the facilities manager at a central Texas summer camp saw water from the ...

Sade Perkins calls Texas flood-hit Camp Mystic an 'all-white girls' camp,' sparking backlash and debate over racial bias amid ...

At least 82 people have been killed in “catastrophic” flash flooding across Texas, while several others remain missing.

On its website Monday morning, the all-girls camp said “our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this ...

"Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe river," ...

Camp Mystic in a statement posted on its website said 27 of its campers and counselors died in the catastrophic flooding in ...

Deadly flooding is responsible for the deaths of at least 68 people in Kerr County and 11 others across the state, officials ...

The girls summer camp devastated by the Kerr County flood reports the death toll has risen to 27. Here's what we know about ...