8 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell not welcome in Texas ‘Club Fed’ prison camp, says inmate: ‘Human trafficking is a violent crime’

Presence of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice and former girlfriend has angered fellow inmates at Texas prison camp

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3 w. ago Flash flood warning for Wales as thunderstorms due to hit UK

Thunderstorms and rain that ravaged the UK over the weekend are set to continue into this week, tipping out up to half a month's rain today alone, the Met Office has warned

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3 w. ago The long road to tragedy at the Texas girls camp where floods claimed 27 lives

A 2018 county meeting foretold the Texas flood that overwhelmed the summer camp for girlsInvestigators of the catastrophic Hill Country flooding in Texas may never be able to pinpoint a precise moment that sealed the fate of 27 young girls, teenage counselors and staff who perished after a wall of water surged through Camp Mystic on the banks of the Guadalupe River.But perhaps no bigger clue can be found than the account of an otherwise unremarkable and sparsely attended meeting of Kerr county commissioners in March 2018. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fresh agony for family of Camp Mystic girl swept away in floods as her letters arrive home AFTER her death

Single parent McLeod McCrory, 50, has shared notes her daughter Blakely, eight, penned during her final days at the doomed Christian camp for girls in Hunt, Kerr County.

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4 w. ago Texas camp leader waited over an hour after flood warning to evacuate

Camp Mystic leader, who died trying to save small children, waited over an hour after alert before starting evacuationThe Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disastersThe adult leader of Camp Mystic, the Texas summer camp where 27 children and counselors died in the Hill Country floods, waited more than an hour after receiving a severe flood warning before initiating an evacuation, it was disclosed on Monday.Richard “Dick” Eastland, who had run the popular all-girls, Christian-values sleepaway camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River with his family since the 1980s, was among the fatalities after a wall of water rushed through the camp early on 4 July. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago New account sheds light on chaotic hours at Texas girls camp hit by flood

Adult camp leader, who died trying to save small children, waited over an hour after alert before starting evacuationThe adult leader of Camp Mystic, the Texas summer camp where 27 children and counselors died in the Hill Country floods, waited more than an hour after receiving a severe flood warning before initiating an evacuation, it was disclosed on Monday.Richard “Dick” Eastland, who had run the popular all-girls, Christian-values sleepaway camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River with his family since the 1980s, was among the fatalities after a wall of water rushed through the camp early on 4 July. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Plans for new road which will bypass flood hit village could cost up to £60m

Pembrokeshire proposals for a road realignment scheme at Newgale, and a far cheaper alternative scheme, are to come under the spotlight at a full council meeting next week

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