Overview

• Camp Mystic spokesman Jeff Carr says no one can confirm whether owner Richard Eastland saw the National Weather Service’s 1:14 a.m. flash-flood warning that triggered emergency alerts
• Camp staff began evacuating campers between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m., moving them from riverside cabins to higher ground as the Guadalupe River rose rapidly
• Spotty cellphone coverage forced reliance on Wi-Fi and radios, undermining real-time communication and coordination during the crisis
• A 2013 FEMA flood-map amendment removed 15 Camp Mystic buildings from the 100-year floodplain, prompting questions about local flood-risk assessments
• Search and recovery continue under a federal disaster declaration after the July 4 surge claimed 27 lives at the camp and at least 132 across Central Texas