Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer despite safety concerns

Kelly Clarkson Honors Texas Flood Heroes In Emotional Return To Her Talk Show Following Ex's Death

In July 2025, homes, businesses, Camp Mystic, and more were swept away when central Texas was devastated with severe flooding. At Camp Mystic alone, 27 campers and staff members, including the camp's director, died during the initial flood.Many people were caught off guard by the flooding and were left stranded mid-flood, getting to the highest ground they could find while they waited and hoped for help to come.That day, a team of bus drivers ra…

Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer despite safety concerns

The camp is working to comply with the new state law and shared its comments on reopening concerns with Capital Tonight.

Camp Mystic to Partially Reopen in Summer, Parents Say It's Too Soon

Camp Mystic, the nondenominational Christian girls camp in central Texas where 27 campers and counselors died three months ago due to massive floods, will partially reopen next summer. However, parents of the campers have decried the decision, saying it’s far too soon. The Eastland family sent letters to parents last week announcing that a second camp opened in 2020, Camp Mystic Cypress Lake, will operate next summer.   Cypress Lake is a half mi…

‘It just kept getting worse’: Camp Mystic counselor faces deadly Hill Country flood

All summer, the river was still. Except, of course, for the bass and catfish cutting through the clear water, glinting in warm spots of sunlight that peaked through oak trees in the Texas Hill Country. The water was cool and bubbled gently in the breeze. Shade danced across the muddy patches of bright green summer grass on the banks.  Just outside of Hunt in Kerr County, Cypress Creek branched out from the Guadalupe River and trickled past cabin…