Texas, flash floods and Camp
Digest more
Fox News' Chanley Painter provides details on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump's trip to Kerrville, Texas, as officials continue recovery efforts.
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at Camp Mystic almost reached the top of the dining hall’s stairs.
Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
Woolsey runs the Impact Guild, a San Antonio nonprofit that invests in neighborhoods through creative problem-solving. Within the nonprofit, a program called the Climate Ready Neighborhoods creates a network of people who can share information and resources during the everyday but also when disasters occur.
1don MSN
President Donald Trump is set to survey the damage in the hard-hit county where Camp Mystic campers and staff are among the 96 dead
We're updating you with the latest in Texas on flood victims, recovery efforts, donation and volunteer opportunities and more.
Among the victims of the Kerrville flooding: 70-year-old Dick Eastland, director of Camp Mystic. The Texas Newsroom’s Blaise Gainey reports on Eastland’s legacy and the impact of a tragedy felt deeply across generations of Texas families. All this, plus the Texas Newsroom’s state roundup and Wells Dunbar with the Talk of Texas.
Ted Cruz on July 7 confirmed the National Weather Service had additional manpower the night of deadly flooding in the Hill Country.