Mary Liz Eastland failed to develop proper emergency plans or properly respond to the flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors last year, the order states.
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Camp Mystic abandons bid to reopen this summer
Twenty-five campers, two counselors and the Hill Country Christian camp’s executive director died in a devastating 2025 flood. Families of victims had criticized plans to reopen.
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Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood
Parents confronted the Eastlands in an emotional hearing Tuesday over the camp’s failure to protect the children it was entrusted to care for.
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Poor preparation doomed Camp Mystic victims, investigator tells Texas lawmakers in harrowing account
The summer camp hadn’t prepared counselors and staff with adequate emergency training, an evacuation plan or flood preparedness supplies, the investigator concluded.
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Texas agency finds Camp Mystic emergency plan insufficient
The camp has 45 days to revise its plan as it aims to reopen for campers this summer. Other youth camps also had deficiencies to correct in their plans, according to the agency that must review them.
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How Texans can purchase tax free emergency supplies
From April 25–27, certain emergency supplies are tax-free if their total cost (including shipping and handling) stays below set limits.
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Camp Mystic security guard says an early evacuation order could have saved lives
A court hearing this week has produced extensive details from camp operators of what happened in last year’s Hill Country flood.
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Camp Mystic official testifies that he didn’t see flood warnings issued the day before storm hit
Edward Eastland, whose father died in the July 4 flood along with 27 campers and counselors, acknowledged in emotional testimony that staff should have acted sooner to evacuate campers.
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Texas summer camps sue to block new internet rule, saying it threatens their ability to operate
A group of 19 camps said fiber-optic internet that lawmakers ordered them to install after last year’s floods is too expensive or impossible to get.
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Camp Mystic can’t alter flood-damaged area while civil suit proceeds, judge rules
Cabins, grounds and other buildings hit by the July 4 flood on the Guadalupe River cannot be renovated or removed, according to the order.