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Story summary
- A July 4, 2025 flood at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas killed 27 campers and counselors.
- Investigators said the camp’s obedience-encouraged culture left teenage counselors without emergency training and without emergency drills.
- A state inspector approved a one-paragraph evacuation directive only two days before the flood.
- The owners plan to reopen parts of the camp in May.
- Victims’ families and state officials urge regulators to delay the camp’s license renewal.
