Camp Mystic leaders prioritized equipment, told children to ‘shelter in place’ as flooding closed in: lawsuit

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Families of six girls who died in flooding at Camp Mystic filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging camp leaders ignored mounting warnings and delayed evacuations, keeping the youngest campers in low-lying cabins near the overflowing Guadalupe River.

The lawsuit, filed in the Travis County District Court, alleges negligence and gross negligence, including failure to maintain and follow flood evacuation plans, failure to move children to higher ground once flooding began, inadequate training and communication systems, and operating children’s cabins in floodplains despite the known risk.

The suit says forecasters began flagging risk on July 3, citing a National Weather Service Flood Watch and Flood Advisories, but the camp failed to take proactiv