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Camp Mystic Gets Hit With 2 Lawsuits

One complaint on Texas flooding that killed dozens of girls is seeking more than $1M in damages

(Newser) - The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to protect the campers as life-threatening floodwaters approached, families of the victims allege in a lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in...

Emergency Boss Admits Sleeping as Floodwaters Rose

Texas legislators hold hearing into Hill Country disaster

(Newser) - A county emergency management coordinator conceded during an emotional hearing Thursday that he was asleep while floodwaters rose in the Texas Hill Country early on July 4, but William Thomas nevertheless defended his response to the disaster early this month. Hundreds of Kerr County residents attended the meeting that was...

Number of Missing in Texas Floods Drops Dramatically

It's down to 3 in Kerr County, where nearly all those on the list were confirmed as safe

(Newser) - The number of people missing after the July 4 floods in Texas has been revised in the best possible way: In hard-hit Kerr County, the figure is now only three, reports NBC News . That's down from nearly 100 days ago in the county and from a peak of...

US Has Never Had More Flash Flood Warnings

Two factors: A warming planet and much better technology

(Newser) - If it feels like you're hearing about a new flash flood warning every day this year, there's good reason: The National Weather Service has issued a record number, reports Axios . The agency put out 3,160 through Wednesday, the most since record-keeping began in the 1980s. Nearly 100...

After Floods, Texas Puppies Arrive at Chicago Shelter

Relief groups coordinate the move

(Newser) - Nine more puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people have arrived at no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joining dozens of puppies that had already arrived, per the AP . The critters landed by plane at Waukesha Airport in Wisconsin, then made a three-hour journey...

Family Gets Letter From Girl Who Died in Texas Floods

Blakely McCrory, 8, was spending her first summer at Camp Mystic

(Newser) - The family of one of dozens of young girls who died in the Texas floods is getting some comfort from a letter retrieved from her cabin at Camp Mystic. "Dear Mom, How are you? I am good," the letter from 8-year-old Blakely McCrory reads. She says camp is...

With New Flood Warnings, Texas Searchers Evacuate Area

It's the first time crews have been told to stop since the deadly flooding

(Newser) - Emergency crews suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas on Sunday morning after new warnings that additional rain could again cause waterways to surge. It was the first time a new round of severe weather has paused the search since the flooding earlier this month. Ingram...

Report: FEMA Fired Call Center Workers Day After Texas Floods

Agency failed to answer thousands of calls

(Newser) - On July 5, a day after the devastating floods in Texas, FEMA's disaster assistance line received 3,027 calls and answered 99.7% of them, according to documents seen by the New York Times . The documents show, however, that hundreds of call center workers at four companies were fired...

FEMA Removed Camp Mystic Buildings From 100-Year Flood Map

Despite being located in a region known as flash flood alley

(Newser) - Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, an AP review found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency included...

Trumps Tour Devastation, Meet With Texas Families
Trump Sees Texas Devastation
Jul 11, 2025 5:10 PM CDT

Trump Sees Texas Devastation

'Our nation is grieving with you,' first lady tells families

(Newser) - President Trump and first lady Melania Trump toured the site of the catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country on Friday, speaking to first responders and families of the victims. "It's hard to believe the devastation. Trees that are 100 years old, just ripped out of the ground,...

Youngkin Says Family Was Stranded During Texas Floods

'By the grace of God, my family was safe. I have to say there was moments when they weren't'

(Newser) - Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says his family was stranded at their property on the Guadalupe River during the Texas floods on Friday—but when it was clear they were safe, they declined an offer from Texas authorities to airlift them out of the area. He said he asked emergency management...

Texas' Daunting Task: Finding 173 Missing People

'The primary job right now continues to be locating everybody,' says Greg Abbott

(Newser) - As Texas grapples with the aftermath of catastrophic floods, search crews in the Hill Country face the daunting task of finding more than 170 people still missing. At least 173 people remain missing, including 161 from Kerr County, the area hardest hit by the flooding, according to figures released...

Inspectors Visited Texas Camp 2 Days Before Flood

Inspectors signed off on doomed camp's disaster planning on July 2

(Newser) - Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed at least 27 campers and counselors at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children, the AP reports. The Department of State Health Services released records Tuesday showing the camp complied with...

Abbott: 161 Still Missing in Kerr County After Floods

'There very likely could be more added to that list'

(Newser) - The death toll from the Texas floods now stands at 111, authorities said Tuesday—and it could still more than double. At a news conference Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said more than 160 people are missing and the number could rise, NBC News reports. "Just in the Kerr County...

Siren Alerted One Texas Town to Flood Danger

NBC News explores whether such devices might help save lives

(Newser) - As the investigation continues into whether local emergency officials in Texas could have done more to warn people of the catastrophic flash flood unfolding, a story at NBC News adds another piece to the puzzle. It notes that one town on the Guadalupe River, Comfort, used a newly installed siren...

Kerr County Requested Money for Flood Warning System. Texas Said No

Doomed county's application for grant money was rejected in 2017, 2018

(Newser) - Kerr County, where dozens of people—many of them children—died in this weekend's catastrophic flooding, knew flash floods were a danger in the area—but its application for a grant to improve its flood warning system was rejected by the Texas Division of Emergency Management in both 2017...

Leavitt: Blaming Trump for Floods a 'Depraved Lie'

Meanwhile, death toll in Texas hits 104, with more still missing

(Newser) - In the wake of the devastating flash floods in Texas, questions have been raised regarding the apparent lack of warnings from local officials . Some have wondered whether Trump administration cuts to the National Weather Service played a role, though meteorologists pushed back hard against that idea, saying NWS warnings were...

Chiefs Owner's 9-Year-Old Relative Died in Texas Floods

Family mourns death of 'a precious little Hunt cousin' and the daughters of several friends

(Newser) - One of the young campers who died in the Texas floods was 9-year-old Janie Hunt, a relative of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt. Her grandmother, Margaret Hunt, tells the New York Times that Janie was at Camp Mystic with six cousins, who all got out safely. The camp said...

Meteorologists Defend NWS Forecasts in Texas
Meteorologists Defend
Texas Forecasts
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Jul 7, 2025 10:09 AM CDT

Meteorologists Defend Texas Forecasts

But some see a breakdown in getting the warnings out to people fast enough

(Newser) - One big question in the wake of the Texas floods is why nobody seemed prepared for the Guadalupe River to rise so high and so fast. But blaming weather forecasters is not justified, report Wired and NBC News . Both outlets talk to independent meteorologists about how things played out. Details:...

Girls Camp: We Lost 27 Campers, Counselors in Flood

Camp Mystic in Texas mourns 'unimaginable tragedy'

(Newser) - The numbers are crystallizing from the Texas floods: On Monday morning, the all-girls Mystic Camp said at least 27 campers and counselors had died, reports USA Today . The Christian camp on the Guadalupe River in Kerr County did not specify how many were children and how many were counselors, but...

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