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For nearly a century, Camp Mystic has been the Hill Country respite for Dallas’ daughters.
Janie Hunt was attending Camp Mystic with six of her cousins, who made it out of Friday's flood alive. Two of those cousins are Georgia Congressman Buddy Carter's grandchildren.
Twin sisters Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence, aged 8, are now frozen in time. That's according to the girls' parents.
Before the floods came, Camp Mystic’s sprawling 700-acre campground was dotted with green-roofed, cobblestone cabins and rows of cypress, live oak and pecan trees. After, bed sheets tangled in broken branches. Muddy clothes, an overturned canoe and other belongings from campers remained.
A Dallas teen who was at Camp Mystic on the Cypress Lake side, explains what she experienced from the evacuation to witnessing the devastation.
MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION: The catastrophic flooding struck on Friday, causing a surge of 20 to 26 feet on the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, causing widespread damage. President Donald Trump has signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, which is west of Austin.
At least 27 girls remained missing early Sunday after floodwaters devastated Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas As search and rescue efforts entered a third day, the disaster was