SAN ANTONIO — A new lawsuit filed by families who lost children at Camp Mystic in the July 4 flooding accuses the popular Kerr County retreat of failing to implement evacuation plans and ignoring weather warnings leading up to the natural disaster.

The suit alleges gross negligence and reckless disregard on the part of the camp's owners and "affiliated entities."

Twenty-seven young girls and counselors were killed when early morning flooding devastated the camp, located in Hunt, Texas, along the banks of the Guadalupe River. It's the site of some of the worst devastation that was wrought by the July floods, and has served as a focal point of lawmakers' efforts to ensure summer camps in the state are better prepared for future floods.

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