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8-year-old Bellaire girl wrote a letter to mom from Camp Mystic before deadly floods
Blakely McCrory, an 8-year-old from Bellaire, wrote her mom a letter from Camp Mystic before she died in the July 4 flood.
Years Before Disaster, Camp Mystic Buildings Were Removed from Flood Zone Map After Appeal to FEMA
Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend ...
Dozens of Camp Mystic buildings removed from 100-year flood map by FEMA before expansion, records show
The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance ...
Camp Mystic began evacuating 45 minutes after 'life-threatening flash flooding' alert: Spokesperson
Camp Mystic's executive director began evacuating campers approximately 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued ...
Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later.
More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep ...
Camp Mystic boss did not evacuate children until hour after first flood warning
The owner of Camp Mystic has been accused of failing to evacuate campers until an hour after the first official alert warning ...
Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says
A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns about communication failures during the disaster.
8-year-old pens mom letter before she dies in Camp Mystic flood. ‘Made me smile’
The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died during catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas received something “very special” after her death. In one of two letters written to her mother, Blakely ...