Scenes From Camp Mystic a Day After Deadly Floods in Texas
A half-mile, downhill road to Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas, led to a wooden sign on a tree that shows two happy girls jumping into the water. Officials said about 750 campers were there this week, and some two dozen girls remained unaccounted for.
Behind the sign, there were remnants of a happy summer. Brick picnic tables and chairs sat empty in a desolate park. Canoes were flipped upside down next to a placid lake. A road leading to cabins and other buildings looked impassable.
Here are scenes from Camp Mystic on Saturday:
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