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Camp Mystic halts summer reopening after Texas flood deaths

A painted broken heart is seen near a building
A painted broken heart is seen near Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, on 8 July 2025, after severe flash flooding. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 27 campers and counselors died in a catastrophic flood last year, has halted plans to reopen this summer, after months of intensifying pressure and outrage by state leaders and victims’ families.

In a statement on Thursday, the camp said: “No administrative process or summer season should move forward while families continue to grieve, while investigations continue and while so many Texans still carry the pain of last July’s tragedy.”

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