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Six Remain Missing at Camp Mystic as Families Identify Young Flood Victims

Emergency alert procedures are under review after a recently approved plan failed to deliver warnings to areas with spotty cell coverage.

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“Mary Kate Jacobe was the light of our lives. She was tiny but mighty, full of love and joy with a smile that melted your heart,” the Jacobe family said. “Mary Kate, our Sissy, was the baby of our large family and was most certainly our angel on earth.”

Overview

  • Five campers and one counselor are still unaccounted for following the July 4 flash flood that swept through Camp Mystic in Texas Hill Country.
  • Central Texas flood deaths have reached 111 with 161 people reported missing across the region, according to state records.
  • Families have publicly named some of the youngest victims, including eight-year-olds Mary Kate Jacobe, Linnie McCown and Mary Stevens, and asked for privacy as they grieve.
  • Camp Mystic’s emergency preparedness plan, approved days before the flood, is under scrutiny for not reaching camps along the Guadalupe River due to poor cell service.
  • A presidential disaster declaration has unlocked FEMA support and local relief funds to bolster search operations and aid devastated communities.