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At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.
At least 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic perished in Friday's floods, with the total death toll in the floods now surpassing 100.
The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.
"And our cabins are high up, and for them to be flooding, it's like, you know, something's wrong," Georgia Jones said.
Controversy erupted after a fundraiser for Sade Perkins, a former Houston official who made racial comments about the 27 girls who died in Camp Mystic floods.
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At least 119 people have been found dead in nearly a week since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-five of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least three dozen children.
Texas Hill Country's Camp Mystic was a refuge until the floods came – one made of water, the other made of lies. Grieving parents face social media rumors, Internet hoaxes and