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, a review by The Associated Press found.

American sleep-away camps began as a way to protect children from the threats of the world. Parents continue to see them that way.

The family of a North Texas teen says their daughter was among those who did not survive the flash flooding at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country.

As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm

The actor’s 17-year-old daughter was working as a counselor near Kerrville as rising waters devastated the area.

Camp officials at the Mo-Ranch Assembly summer camp acted quickly without warnings to evacuate 70 people from rising Guadalupe River waters.

One local summer camp in the path of the disastrous flooding in central Texas was able to avoid any loss of life by closely monitoring weather reports.

The deadly Texas floods have brought the state's approach to land approvals, especially in flood-prone areas, under more scrutiny.