Camp Mystic, flash flood
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At Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas, where officials are grieving the loss of 27 children and counselors, belongings of the young campers were strewn about the flooded floors of a dormitory, while other items, including a pink backpack and a Camp Mystic T-shirt, were found along the bloated Guadalupe River, photos show.
Radar data can estimate rainfall to a fairly accurate amount. The rain data in the case of the deadly tragedy that unfolded in the Texas Hill Country last weekend shows exactly why the area around Camp Mystic and the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, had such a raging flash flood.
The Coast Guard team aboard Rescue 6553 saved nearly 200 people trapped by the deadly floods in Texas this past week.
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The disaster's total death toll reached two dozen by Friday night, with many people still missing after catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River.
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Midland Reporter-Telegram on MSNMidlanders tie green bows on trees honor Texas Hill Country flood victimsAcross Texas, green bows are starting to adorn trees, honoring the lives lost and the communities impacted by the devastating Texas Hill County floods. The flash floods over the Fourth of July weekend killed more than 100 people, and an unknown number are still missing.
The Texas music legend, whose daughters grew up attending Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River, is plotting a benefit concert and trying to make sense of an incomprehensible tragedy
Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.