Camp Mystic

Twenty-seven campers and counselors, as well as the camp's director, died in July 2025 during catastrophic flooding.

A new investigative report paints a troubling picture of Camp Mystic's preparedness before last year's historic July Fourth floods, which killed 25 campers and two counselors. The 115-page report will now be used by the Texas Legislature to guide future policy changes.

Named for Camp Mystic after the deadly 2025 Hill Country floods, the bipartisan legislation would allow emergency alerts to be delivered by satellite when traditional wireless networks fail during disasters.

Camp Mystic faces five wrongful death lawsuits. It wants to resolve them out of court, through arbitration.

State regulators say Camp Mystic's chief health officer abandoned campers and staff as deadly floodwaters rose.

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.

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.

Many families who lost children during the July 4 floods last year are raising concerns.

The parents of 8-year-old Cile Steward are asking a judge to stop Camp Mystic from reopening and halt construction, alleging unsafe conditions and efforts to alter the site after the deadly July 4, 2025, flood.