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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Texas camp where 25 girls died in 2025 flood may not be allowed to reopen

A woman looks mournful as she sits in court, flanked by two men.
CiCi Steward, whose daughter Cile Steward, eight, went missing in the flood, listens to court testimony alongside her husband, Will Steward, in Austin on 15 April. Photograph: Mikala Compton/AP

The Texas Christian summer camp where 27 girls and counselors died in a catastrophic flood in July 2025 may not be allowed to open again this upcoming summer after state officials found it has not met health and safety requirements.

Camp Mystic must make several changes, including to its emergency and parent-notification processes, in order to receive its license to operate, according to a letter from the Texas department of state health services.

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