Texas, Camp Mystic and flash flood
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Photos and videos of Camp Mystic after the central Texas camp was caught in a deadly deluge over the weekend are going viral. At least 27 children and counselors died after the nearby Guadalupe River became a mass torrent of water that surged over 26 feet in less than an hour on Friday.
Amid chaos from the flood, campers huddled with young counselors—many unaware of the devastation just yards away.
The haunting video has gained over 700,000 views and thousands of comments, with many reactions embracing something fundamental to Camp Mystic: prayer.
On their 4th day at Camp Mystic, they woke up to the storm. “It started early that morning around 1 a.m.,” Taylor recalled. “It was the loudest thunder I’ve ever heard.
Among the victims of the devastating flooding in Texas are campers and counselors from a girls summer camp.
The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas.