Overview
- Camp Mystic, which disclosed Thursday it had pulled its state license application, said it will cooperate with investigations and keep the camp closed for 2026.
- The reversal followed two days of legislative hearings in Austin where parents and investigators described preventable failures and lawmakers urged health officials to block any reopening.
- State health regulators flagged roughly 22 problems in the camp’s emergency plan, including no written flood evacuation plan, missing evacuation route maps and a failure to formally report the deaths.
- Parallel probes by the Texas Department of State Health Services, a joint legislative committee and the Texas Rangers continue, along with multiple wrongful‑death lawsuits and court orders preserving flood‑damaged structures as evidence.
- The July 4, 2025 flash flood killed 25 campers and two teen counselors and also claimed the camp director’s life, prompting new Texas rules that ban housing children in floodplains and require detailed disaster plans, training and sirens.