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Many of the 650 campers and staffers at Camp Mystic were asleep when, at 1:14 a.m., a flash-flood warning for Kerr County, Texas, with “catastrophic” potential for loss of life was issued by the National Weather Service.
A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers.
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Fox Weather on MSN'Blessing buckets' filled with Bible, hope brought to Texas flood survivorsThe nonprofit Convoy of Hope is helping flood victims in Texas by giving them "blessing buckets," which include a Bible, water, food and personal hygiene items.
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On Friday, roughly 150 H-E-B staff from all over Texas volunteered to clear out debris from four homes in Liberty Hill. At a home off East Bear Creek Road, there were 50 volunteers trudging through a wooded area picking up lost items, hauling wagons filled with debris and loading it into trucks to throw away.
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Religion News Service on MSNFaith-based relief groups offer food, water and emotional support to Texas flood survivorsAlong with food, water and supplies, Christian disaster relief groups are offering emotional and spiritual support to flood survivors in Texas Hill Country.
Mark Edwards, field operations manager for the nonprofit group Texas EquuSearch, deployed more than 120 trained volunteers on horseback, in ATVs and on foot to look for survivors and victims. The team included Robert Crow, a member of Tejas Vaqueros, a riding group from Houston.
A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.
First responders like Hinkley are now back in North Texas to rehab as other teams head to the flooding area to provide more relief. Benbrook native Amy Houston with the Rancher Navy rolled out Friday to provide relief for agricultural needs in the area.