Overview

• Texas Department of State Health Services inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency plans on July 2 after verifying staff training and posted procedures in every building.
• The July 2 report found no deficiencies or violations at the camp’s Guadalupe River and Cypress Lake sites, which hosted 557 campers and 108 staff members.
• Camp Mystic did not evacuate as the Guadalupe River more than doubled in height within an hour during the July Fourth flash floods that killed dozens.
• National Weather Service officials have defended the timeliness of flash flood watches and emergencies despite criticism of warning reach and infrastructure.
• Recovery and body-retrieval operations continue in Kerr County with federal and state resources deployed as officials assess inspection and warning processes.