About 700 children were at Camp Mystic when flash floods hit on Friday. Here's what we know about the storied summer camp for girls.

The hero Camp Mystic director Richard “Dick” Eastland had battled floods on the grounds for decades and even once saw his pregnant wife airlifted from the property because of a deluge, prompting him to repeatedly urge for better warning systems in his flood-prone Kerr County.

For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.

Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to safety during the devastating floods that impacted the area last week. Eastland, who was the third generation from his family to manage the camp, was 74.

Camp Mystic owner Richard “Dick” Eastland has been confirmed dead, attempting to heroically rescue some of his campers before they were swept away in the deadly Texas floodwaters.

Camp Mystic director Richard "Dick" Eastland died while attempting to rescue campers during deadly flooding that tore through parts of Central Texas.

Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.