Texas, floods and Camp Mystic
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President’s visit comes amid reports that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system
Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
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.
The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.
NEXT Weather meteorologist Shane Hinton, who lived in Texas, said the area is known as "Flash Flood Alley" and it is one of the most dangerous places for flooding in the country.
Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two hours
More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the effects of the deadly disaster could have been mitigated.