More than 161 people are missing and at least 109 have already been confirmed after the devastating floods in Texas last weekend, according to state government updates on Tuesday (8).
One of the cases that has generated strong commotion in recent days is the Christian camp for girls, Camp Mystic, located on the banks of the Guadalupe River. To date, 21 underage victims have been confirmed as dead and six people are missing.
The heavy rains caused the sudden flood of the Guadalupe River, dragging huts and leaving dozens of people arrested or missing, including camper who attended the site annually.
The Mystic Camp, devastated by a catastrophic flood last Friday, began its activities in the mid-1930s and was managed by generations of the same family, according to its website.
The current owners are Dick and Tweety Eastland, who took over the camp in 1974. Before the date, they were already on site in other activities next to the family.
The Mystic Camp welcomed girls at different times of the year and offered a variety of activities for camper from sports to cooking classes.
In 1932, a few years after its opening, Camp Mystic had temporarily interrupted its activities precisely due to floods that hit the region and destroyed houses in other camps.
Decades later, in 1987, 10 teenagers who participated in a Christian camp in a neighboring county died during an evacuation attempt again because of heavy rains. A year later, Camp Mystic had to postpone the arrival of four buses with campers after a flood prevents traffic on a local bridge.
In the early hours of July 4, while most people located in the region slept, the meteorological services issued a sudden flood alert to Kerr County, with potential “catastrophic” of life loss.
On the morning of that tragic day, family members of campers began to be notified of the tragedy. Some victims were between 8 and 9 years old.
