The survival of people in local camps and low-lying areas depended not on official evacuations but on whether they were paying attention, on their own, to weather alerts in the middle of the night.

Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.

Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at Camp Mystic almost reached the top of the dining hall’s stairs.

Mystic camper Lucy Kennedy and her mother, Wynne Kennedy, told NBC News of Lucy's harrowing escape and the destruction they've seen from the Texas floods.

Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had discussed installing a flood warning system

As the search for five missing Camp Mystic campers and one counselor continues, the summer camp community in Texas and across the country is offering support for a place that has become special to thousands of girls over the years.

Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe River. Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy.

Central Texas reels from catastrophic flash floods over the July 4th weekend, claiming 82 lives, including 28 children. Search and rescue efforts intensify, with 11 Camp Mystic girls still missing. The devastating flash floods that ripped through central Texas over the July 4th weekend have tragically claimed the lives of at least 82 people,