He was a theologically uncompromising pastor in Southern California who influenced generations of evangelical preachers.

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.

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Stories of rescues have begun trickling out, but some children from a storied summer camp on the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country remain unaccounted for.

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Gonflé par la pluie, le fleuve Guadalupe est sorti de son lit et a balayé un camp d’été et ses environs, faisant au moins 24 morts et déclenchant des recherches frénétiques pour retrouver des enfants et d’autres disparus, vendredi, dans le centre du Texas.

Camp Mystic, on the banks of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas, has been operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s.

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The authorities confirmed that 20 girls were still missing as a result of the flooding along the Guadalupe River, but the full scope of the disaster was not clear.

While demonstrations from Washington to Los Angeles were largely festive, with food trucks and live music, protesters were determined to speak for their cause.

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The authorities confirmed that 20 girls were still missing as a result of the flooding along the Guadalupe River, but the full scope of the disaster was not clear.