{"id":11248,"date":"2025-07-07T23:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=11248"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:01:55","slug":"the-deluge-has-taken-the-lives-of-at-least-52-people-including-15-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=11248","title":{"rendered":"The deluge has taken the lives of at least 52 people, including 15 children."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating flash flood swept through Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas,<\/p>\n<p>killing at least five young girls and leaving 11 more children missing<\/p>\n<p>in what officials are calling one of the worst natural disasters the area has seen in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy struck in the early hours of July 4, when the Guadalupe River rose more than 26 feet in just 45 minutes,<\/p>\n<p>unleashing a torrent of water across the scenic campgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The youngest campers, housed in low-lying cabins just 225 feet from the river, were hit first.<\/p>\n<p>Eight-year-olds Renee Smajstrla, Sarah Marsh, and Eloise Peck were confirmed among the dead,<\/p>\n<p>alongside nine-year-olds Janie Hunt and Lila Bonner.<\/p>\n<p>The camp\u2019s beloved 70-year-old director, Richard \u201cDick\u201d Eastland, also lost his life while trying to rescue the girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating flash flood swept through Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, killing at least five young girls and leaving 11 more children missing in what officials&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11250,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11248\/revisions\/11250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}