Grieving families plea not to reopen camp where 27 children and adults died in a flood

Testimony from the camp directors this week brought families to tears (Picture: AP)

The Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counsellors were killed in a flood last summer is set to reopen this year, outraging grieving parents.

On July 4, 2025, the Guadalupe River rose more than eight metres in less than an hour overnight and devastated the Christian girls’ camp, which was located within the river’s floodplain.

Despite widespread outcry against reopening the place where 27 so...