Central Texas Flooding

The $4 million system could provide up to several hours of advance warning, giving residents more time to evacuate before floodwaters become dangerous.

The Texas Department of Health Services previously notified Camp Mystic its license to operate may not be renewed unless it made major revisions to its emergency plan.

The Eastland family, the camp's owners, testified the day after a team of investigators shared findings about a lack of emergency training among camp counselors.

Twenty-eight people died at the Christian girls' camp during last July's deadly flooding.

The two-day hearing marks the first public session for the joint state House and Senate flood investigating committees. Members previously visited Camp Mystic, where 27 girls and the director died.

The camp has 45 days to revise its emergency plan.

The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward, whose body has not been found, said they are worried that evidence could be destroyed if Camp Mystic were to reopen this summer.

The medical officer for the Texas summer camp where 27 girls were killed in a flood last year has testified that she still has not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency that regulates camps.

The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025 said he did not see early federal and state warnings sent the day before the storm hit and that staff had no meetings about the pending danger.

Twenty-five young girls and two teenage counselors at Camp Mystic were killed in catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River over the 4th of July weekend last year. Some survivors want to return, while the families of those who lost their lives fight to shut the camp down for good.

Cabins, grounds and other buildings hit by the July 4 flood on the Guadalupe River cannot be renovated or removed, according to the order.

The lieutenant governor's request to delay renewing the camp's license came hours after parents who lost children in the July 4 flood sued the state for its alleged failure to enforce an evacuation plan requirement.