Families of Camp Mystic campers and counselors file lawsuits over deaths
Families allege camp leaders ignored known flood risks in ‘entirely preventable’ tragedy that killed multiple peopleThe families of several campers and two counselors who died in July’s catastrophic Hill Country floods in Texas have filed multiple lawsuits against Camp Mystic and its owners,...
<p>Families allege camp leaders ignored known flood risks in ‘entirely preventable’ tragedy that killed multiple people</p><p>The families of several campers and two counselors who died in July’s catastrophic <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas-floods-2025">Hill Country floods</a> in Texas have filed multiple lawsuits against <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/texas-floods-camp-mystic-loss">Camp Mystic</a> and its owners, accusing them of “gross negligence”.</p><p>The 4 July floods, which claimed more than 130 lives across the region and was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/jul/07/texas-flooding-pictures">described as some of the US’s deadliest floods in decades</a>, devastated the 99-year-old Christian all-girls camp, located on the banks of the Guadalupe river in Kerr county.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/camp-mystic-lawsuits">Continue reading...</a>
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