What Camp Mystic Looks Like a Day After Deadly Floods: Photos
by Saturday afternoon saw the opening of the gates to Camp Mystic, where hundreds of youngsters had been saved from devastating floods, but getting there was …
Category: Central Texas Floods (July 2025)
Camp Mystic Parents Endure Agonizing Wait for Their Missing Children
Many of the campers at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country come from the leafy districts of Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Following the flood, …
Abbott Calls Seeking Blame for Floods ‘the Word Choice of Losers’
During a press conference on Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott was asked if he would request an investigation into any shortcomings related to the fatal …
Chance of Finding More Survivors of Texas Flooding Dims as Search Continues
On Thursday morning, rescuers and volunteers resumed their search for victims and survivors of the terrible floods that killed at least 120 people in Central …
Texas City Racked by Floods Becomes a Hub for Search and Recovery
A few blocks from Kerrville, Texas’s downtown, Matthew Stone’s home on Guadalupe Street is identical to the others. Mr. Stone’s porch is a few inches …
Before the Central Texas Floods, the Owners of Camp Mystic Were a Fixture
Like the Guadalupe River meandering through the cypress trees or the tall rocky bluff with the large Mystic sign welcoming campers, Dick Eastland was a …
A Mother of Five Survived the Flood to Return to a Cabin in Ruins
On Friday, Jaque White, a mother of five, pulled down in her minivan near a debris pile beside the Guadalupe River to assess the damage. …
Texans Offer a Hand and Open Their Hearts as Flood Death Toll Grows
Family and friends said during a memorial service in Houston on Saturday that Chloe Childress, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic who perished in the …
‘We’re Going to Rebuild.’ A Hard-Hit Texas Town Looks to the Future.
An attractive five-building vacation home in Hunt, Texas, situated above a sloping bank on the Guadalupe River, was once owned by Robert Brown, a Dallas …
Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood
Texans have taken pride in and perhaps found some solace in their identity as Texans—strong, silent, stoic, and resilient—in the face of an unimaginable tragedy …