Could strategic river sensors have forewarned of Texas Camp flood disaster?

Camp Mystic in Texas flooded on July 4, killing 27 people, including 25 children. Over 200 millimeters (over seven inches) of ...

Camp Mystic asks alumni for help fighting high-dollar lawsuits over deadly July 4 flood

The Hill Country retreat is asking former campers and counselors to share memories of previous floods. The aim: to show the ...

Camp Mystic Defendants Blame 1,000 Year Flood and Lack of Warning for Camper Deaths

Camp Mystic's legal team is defending against wrongful death lawsuits by arguing that the deaths of 27 campers resulted from ...

Camp Mystic, where 27 kids and counselors died in Texas floods, to reopen with new safety plan

Camp Mystic has announced its plan to reopen next summer with new safety measures after over two dozen people were killed in floods at the all-girls Texas summer's camp earlier this year ...
Odessa American

History repeated itself when the Guadalupe River swept away Camp Mystic. Why few lessons were learned after the 1987 flood

KERR COUNTY Lavonda Koons gripped the back of the driver’s seat, watching as the Guadalupe River rose quickly around her stalled school bus. Through the rearview mirror, she saw a van behind them ...
KSAT

‘We’re not taking any chances’: Camp Mystic Cypress Lake director discusses new flood warning sirens

Britt Eastland, the co-director of Camp Mystic Cypress Lake in Hunt, spoke to KSAT about why the camp is taking extra safety ...

Missing campers and pleas for helicopters: 911 calls from the Camp Mystic flood disaster in Texas

Twenty-eight people at Camp Mystic — 25 campers, the camp's owner and two counselors — died in the July 4 floods when the ...
KXAN

Camp instructor reflects on 1987 Guadalupe River flood

AUSTIN (KXAN) – It’s difficult not to feel heartache when seeing images coming out of the recent catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River. But for some, it triggers even more. That was true for ...
Click2Houston

Hill Country camps - including Camp Mystic - install new flood detection system after deadly July floods

Six months after deadly July floods, Texas Hill Country camps are installing a new flood warning system to protect campers ...
KSAT

KSAT gets first look at new flood warning system along Guadalupe River

KSAT got a closer look at a new flood warning system being added along different parts of the Guadalupe River.
Click2Houston

History repeated itself when the Guadalupe River swept away Camp Mystic. Why few lessons were learned after the 1987 flood.

Lavonda Koons, 65, and her husband, Richard Koons, 64, pose for a portrait at their home in Mesquite, on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The couple survived the 1987 flood that killed 10 campers from Pot O' ...