Guadalupe River Flood

Texas has tightened standards for camps after deadly flooding last July. With summer camp season about to start, only nine camps are approved to open and more than 300 are awaiting their licenses.

Texas Monthly’s Aaron Parsley and his family were carried away in the river when the Guadalupe flooded last summer.

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

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.

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.

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

After catastrophic flooding claimed 117 lives and reshaped the Guadalupe River, volunteers and biologists are planting thousands of native cuttings along its banks, marking a turning point in the long work of restoration.

Kerr County has built a disaster relief center with many governmental help agencies under one roof.

The lawsuit, the fifth against the camp, alleges that failures by camp leadership led to the death of 8-year-old Cecilia Steward, who remains missing more than seven months after the flood.

The Gary Sinise Foundation won approval for the concert at Monday's Kerr County commissioners meeting.