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Bereaved families whose relatives perished in last year’s deadly flooding at Camp Mystic urged Texas legislators to prevent the facility from resuming operations during testimony before a state legislative commission.<\/p>

The all-girls camp’s ownership also appeared before the commission to outline their emergency response protocols and disaster preparedness measures.<\/p>

The legislative hearing focused on the tragic 2025 flooding incident that claimed multiple lives at the camp facility.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grieving families whose loved ones died in 2025 flooding at Camp Mystic testified before Texas lawmakers, urging them to prevent the all-girls camp from reopening. Camp owners also appeared before the legislative commission to present their emergency response procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":59457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777504035345.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-ft0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33453,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/texas-court-allows-camp-mystic-to-remain-open-despite-deadly-flood-tragedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":59458,"position":0},"title":"Texas Court Allows Camp Mystic to Remain Open Despite Deadly Flood Tragedy","author":"Admin","date":"March 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Texas judge refused to shut down Camp Mystic, where 27 people died in catastrophic flooding last year. 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