Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at Camp Mystic almost reached the top of the dining hall’s stairs.

At least 82 people are dead after heavy rain led to "catastrophic" flooding in Texas. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 75 deaths, including 27 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.

Virginia Wynne Naylor, 8, was at Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp with cabins along the river in a rural part of Kerr County, when the floods hit on July 4. Her family confirmed her death in a statement, referring to her as Wynne.

For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.

President Donald Trump is set to survey the damage in the hard-hit county where Camp Mystic campers and staff are among the 96 dead

Two dozen girls from a Christian summer camp remained missing the day after shocking flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country.

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from a 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that you wish someone would answer?

Young campers at Camp Mystic and a dad saving his family were among the at least 121 people who were killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend. Here's what we know about the lives lost: Debra Alexander Photography - PHOTO: Flood victim,