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“Oh my God, we’re floating,” Ruffin Boyett realized. The campers had to make a quick decision. “The flood started getting ...

At least 82 people were killed in the devastating Texas floods, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens are still ...

Camp Mystic was hosting 750 children this week when deadly flooding in Texas devastated the state, leaving at least 79 dead ...

They clung to trees. They crawled out of windows and floated on mattresses. And they survived to tell the harrowing story of ...

Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from deadly floods in Central ...

Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly. We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are ...

On its website Monday morning, the all-girls camp said “our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this ...

Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe River. Our ...

Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ...

Officials with Camp Mystic have confirmed 27 campers and counselors died in the flooding on the Guadalupe River this past ...

( NewsNation) — At least 82 people are confirmed dead after flash floods swept through central Texas over the Fourth of July ...