Ted Cruz wishes Camp Mystic evacuated campers earlier as Texas flooding death toll reaches 89:
By Anthony Blair
US Sen. Ted Cruz admitted Monday that authorities wish they had evacuated Camp Mystic sooner as flooding walloped the region, creating “every parent’s nightmare’’ — as Texas’ total death toll hit 89.
“We would evacuate those in the vulnerable areas, such as younger children in the cabins, we would evacuate them sooner and get them to higher ground if we could go back,” Cruz (R-Texas) said at a press briefing in Kerr County, the hardest-hit area of Texas Hill Country and home to the famed camp for young girls.
But Cruz said he still didn’t want “partisan finger-pointing and attacks” in the wake of the flooding.
Senator Ted Cruz at a press conference, addressing the rising death toll.
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The death toll has risen to 89 — with Sen. Ted Cruz admitting officials wish they’d evacuated campers earlier.
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Search and rescue workers in a raft searching for flood survivors.
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Search and recovery workers dig through debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding at Camp Mystic on July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas
Muddy interior of a cabin after a flood.
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Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas.
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Cruz called for Texans to come together in the wake of the tragedy.
“For many of us, these are friends and neighbors who have lost children,” he said.
The camp’s death toll is now at 27.
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Rescue workers searching for missing people after a flash flood in Texas.
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Rescue workers searching for missing people near Camp Mystic on July 6, 2025.
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A "Mystic" sign rests on a stone wall amidst the debris of a flood-damaged building.
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A Camp Mystic sign among debris after the flood on July 5, 2025.
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But 10 more girls and one camp counselor are still missing from Camp Mystic after flooding on the Guadalupe River, Cruz said.
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