The families of seven Camp Mystic campers and two counselors who died during the July 4 flooding filed three separate lawsuits against the camp on Monday, alleging that camp officials' failure to evacuate the camp caused their children's deaths.

More than 130 people died throughout Central Texas during the disastrous July 4 floods, including 25 campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic, whom their families call "Heaven's 27."

The lawsuits, filed in Travis County district court and seeking more than $1 million each in damages, come after months of scrutiny aimed at Camp Mystic's response to the flooding and the placement of several of its cabins in a floodplain. The lawsuits name several members of the Eastland family, who own and operate Camp Mystic, as defendants, including the estate

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