Camp Mystic, Texas and floods
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NASA crews are aiding Texas flood recovery efforts
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Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour aviators.
The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.
At least 81 people are dead and at least 41 more are missing after devastating flash floods slammed Texas Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River, which rose rapidly early Friday morning to the height of a two-story building.
Days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, search-and-rescue teams are using heavy equipment to untangle and peel away layers of trees, unearth large rocks in riverbanks and move massive piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for the missing people.