Medan, Indonesia – As floodwaters burst into Nurdin and his wife’s home in Indonesia’s Aceh Province last week, the elderly couple crawled onto their bed. Nurdin, who uses a wheelchair following a stroke, resigned himself to his fate. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “I was just waiting to die. I didn’t want […]
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Families of Camp Mystic campers, counselors who died in Texas flood file lawsuits
The families of multiple campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic who died in the devastating flash flood in Texas in July are suing the camp, alleging gross negligence and reckless disregard for safety led to a “self-created disaster” that claimed the lives of 28 people total. The Fourth of July flood wiped out the Christian […]
Families sue Camp Mystic over flood deaths, alleging it ignored risks : NPR
An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to […]