India, July 6 -- The catastrophic flash flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country on Friday claimed the life of the longtime director of a popular girls' summer camp. This tragedy is different from the current disaster at adjacent Camp Mystic, where roughly 20 campers are still missing.

Following the floods that swept through Kerr County, Jane Ragsdale, the director and co-owner of Heart O' the Hills Camp for Girls in Hunt, was officially declared dead. The camp issued a statement, saying that Ragsdale was present when the floods occurred and was unable to escape to safety, even though Heart O' the Hills was not in session at the time.

"We are mourning the loss of a woman who influenced countless lives and was the definition of stron...