No one from Camp Mystic testified during the hearing on Wednesday to respond ... Bettencourt has already been pushing for legislation to improve flood alert warning systems along the Guadalupe River, where dozens of summer camps and campgrounds attract ...

On Wednesday, for the first time, Camp Mystic families detailed their experience of their daughters who died in Texas Hill Country flooding.

AUSTIN, Texas - A big and likely emotional day at the Capitol in Austin as parents — who lost their daughters in the flood at Camp Mystic — will testify and urge lawmakers to adopt stronger safety standards. This is the first time families will appear publicly before the legislature since the July 4 flooding.

The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next storm.

The parents of children who were among the 27 killed at Camp Mystic on Texas' Guadalupe River during the historic Fourth of July flash flooding that devastated the Hill Country region began giving emotional testify on Wednesday before a state legislative committee probing the disaster.

Experts say conspiracy theories on the Hill Country flood that took out Camp Mystic will compound over time as extreme weather narratives solidify.