Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to flood victims' families at legislative hearing

The camp's owners want to reopen in late May and have said they will use only the parts of the camp that didn't flood.

Camp Mystic relied on teen counselors with no emergency training before flood, investigator says

Young and inexperienced Camp Mystic counselors were not trained to help campers during floods or other emergencies, and ...

After days of wrenching testimony about camp deaths, judge says Camp Mystic’s flood site must remain untouched

Leaders of Camp Mystic — the Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in torrential flooding last summer — must continue to keep many damaged buildings untouched while a wrongful ...
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Camp Mystic pulls 2026 license bid amid flood probe

Camp Mystic has withdrawn its application to operate in 2026, pausing plans to reopen after last year’s deadly Fourth of July floods killed 27 at the camp. The decision follows mounting ...
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Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood

“I think about the night of the flood every moment of every day,” Edward Eastland said at a committee hearing Tuesday. “We ...

Camp Mystic’s tragic lessons keep coming

The reason was a legislative hearing around the decisions and events that led to the deaths of 25 young girls and two teenage ...

Camp Mystic 2026 closure draws response from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responds as Camp Mystic, the site of deadly 2025 Texas floods, will not reopen this summer after ...

'The wounds are still fresh': Some Hill Country flood survivors support Camp Mystic closure

The Weldin family survived the floods and are now in the middle of rebuilding their home. Scott Weldin longs for the day when ...