The families of six children and two counselors killed in a flooding disaster that struck a Texas summer camp for girls in July filed two lawsuits Monday against the camp’s owners and others, alleging negligence.

Twenty-seven children and counselors died in the disaster in Kerr County, which was caused by slow-moving thunderstorms. More than 100 people died overall.

The two suits say the camp was in a known flash flood area along the Guadalupe River. Lawyers for the families of five of the children and two counselors said it was "in a region known as ‘Flash Flood Alley.’”

“Camp Mystic has long operated in a high-risk flood zone. Despite this known danger, the petition asserts that the camp failed to adopt legally required evacuation plans, ignored repeated weather warnings, and impl

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