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Camp Mystic plans to reopen in Texas next summer, a year after floods killed 27

Camp Mystic has announced that it plans to reopen one of its Texas sites, where 27 girls and counselors died in a July flood
FILE - Campers belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic's cabins near the Guadalupe River, July 7, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)
FILE - Campers belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic's cabins near the Guadalupe River, July 7, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer near the site where 27 girls and counselors died in a July flood.

The flooding killed at least 136 people — including more than two dozen children and counselors at the century-old summer camp for girls that was among the first areas inundated.

Located in a low-lying area along the Guadalupe River in a region known as flash flood alley, the camp was hit when historic floodwaters tore through its property before dawn on July 4.

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