The families of six campers and two counselors who died in the July 4 Central Texas flood filed two lawsuits against Camp Mystic and its operators, accusing the camp of gross negligence, wrongful death and intentionally inflicting emotional distress.

In all, 25 campers and two counselors died in the historic flooding. Among the claims in the lawsuit is that the camp took "no steps to protect campers and counselors when they knew a storm of life-threatening flash flooding was approaching."

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According to the lawsuits, families claim the deaths of the 27 campers at Camp Mystic were preventable and happened due to negligence.

The two suits say the camp was in a known flash flood area along the Guadalupe River, "in a reg

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