Deep Dive with Sarah Forgany | July 4 deadly flood: Was it a failed system? Camp mom and advocate speak out

At Camp Mystic, 27 people died, including campers and young counselors who were in cabins in a low-lying area near the ...
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 ...

Camp Mystic invites lawmakers to tour campsite where 27 girls died in summer flood

Camp Mystic sent a letter to Texas lawmakers inviting members of newly formed investigative committees to physically tour ...
Yahoo

Along Guadalupe River, more than a dozen summer camps have structures in flood zones

The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River ...

Camp Mystic's owners invite state leaders to tour grounds

A visit is 'essential' to get a 'thorough and accurate understanding' of what led to the deaths at the camp during the July 4 ...
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Camp Mystic set to partially reopen summer camp 1 year after flooding killed 27

Camp Mystic announced plans to reopen one site of its summer camp a year after flash flooding killed 27 campers and counselors on Texas' Guadalupe River on the Fourth of July earlier this year. The ...

Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer, a year after floods killed 27

Camp Mystic also announces plans for a memorial dedicated to "the lives of the campers and counsellors lost on July 4th".
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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' ...