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Edward Helmore in Kerrville, Texas

MYSTERIOUS: Deep rooted camp tradition continues in texas despite flood devastation - You Need To See This

Search teams continue searching for flood victims near Camp Mystic, in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sergio Flores TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Search teams continue searching for flood victims near Camp Mystic, Kerr county, Texas. Some families are still maintaining the tradition of going off to summer camp. Photograph: Sergio Flores/Reuters

As search crews were continuing to pick through the wreckage from Friday’s deadly floods in Texas’s Hill Country, mothers on Monday were dropping their teenage children off at Trinity Baptist church in hard-hit Kerrville for camp.

For the past few days, the church had served as a meeting point for families coming to – hopefully – be reunited with children who had attended other camps in the area. One of those was Camp Mystic in Kerr county, which lost more than two dozen campers and counselors during Friday’s deluge. The death toll as of Monday had exceeded 100 across Texas.

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