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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.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
Texas records show Camp Mystic had an emergency plan before floods killed at least 27 campers and counselors, but details of its storm response are still unclear.
Before the floods came, Camp Mystic’s sprawling 700-acre campground was dotted with green-roofed, cobblestone cabins and rows of cypress, live oak and pecan trees. After, bed sheets tangled in broken branches. Muddy clothes, an overturned canoe and other belongings from campers remained.
The details of Camp Mystic's emergency plans were not included in the records released by the state. DSHS released the July 2 inspection report along with five years of reports of the youth camp.
An analysis of flood maps shows that several buildings, including those where children were sleeping, were in known hazard zones. A $5 million expansion in 2019 did nothing to alleviate the problem.
KPRC 2 Reporter Corley Peel spoke with sisters, 13-year-old Taylor Grigsby and 12-year-old Payton Grigsby. Taylor said she sang on the bus with her fellow campers.
Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight's little sister, Paisley, was at a camp on a smaller arm of the Guadalupe River. The 14-year-old was "just miles" away from Camp Mystic in Central Texas, which has been devastated by the deadly floodwaters spurred by extreme rainfall on July 4.