Texas, Camp Mystic and flash flood
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Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
On its website on Monday morning, the camp also thanked the community, first responders and officials for support during 'this unimaginable tragedy.'
Malaya Grace Hammond is among the latest fatalities identified from the Texas floods. Hammond's family said she was swept away by floodwaters on Saturday in Travis County.
Search efforts continue for a fourth day as a girls' summer camp confirms 27 children and staff are dead, with five campers and one counsellor unaccounted for.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered state legislators to convene a special session on Monday as the death toll rose to at least 120 people and 172 reported missing in Fourth of July flooding in the Hill Country.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz admitted Monday that authorities wish they had evacuated Camp Mystic sooner as flooding walloped the region, creating “every parent’s nightmare” — as the state’s total
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The search for at least 20 girls missing from a summer camp continues. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.