Talking Dateline: After the Flood
7/1/202632 min
NBC News National Correspondent Morgan Chesky sits down with Lester Holt to discuss his episode “After The Flood.” On July 4, 2025, Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp located in the Texas Hill Country along the banks of the Guadalupe River, was devastated by a catastrophic flash flood. Described as a one-in-a-thousand-year storm, water levels rose rapidly, trapping campers and counselors in their cabins, while others tried to seek higher ground. Of the 119 people who lost their lives in Kerr County, 27 were Camp Mystic campers and counselors. Morgan shares memories of growing up in the Texas Hill Country and what it was like to return home and cover the storm’s heartbreaking aftermath. Lester reflects on interviewing a young survivor and the grieving mothers who continue to seek answers about what happened and whether more could have been done. Plus, they answer your questions from social media.
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Morgan Chesky· Host1:02
[upbeat music] Hi, everyone. I'm NBC News national correspondent Morgan Chesky. Today on Talking Dateline, we're joined by Lester Holt on his latest episode, After the Flood, uh, which really digs into the devastating flood on July 4, 2025, uh, that ravaged the Texas Hill Country, as well as Camp Mystic, an all-girls camp where twenty-seven