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More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding
WASHINGTON, July 11, (AP): Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding battered parts of Missouri on Friday, forcing the helicopter evacuations of more than 200 children and staff fro...
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Al Jazeera English
· Jul 11, 2026
Children airlifted to safety from Missouri summer camp hit by floods
Widespread flooding in Missouri on Friday, forced the helicopter evacuations of more than 150 children and staff from a summer camp. According to local patrol units, some 200 people were stranded at a campsite in Lesterville, Missouri. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile
Off The Press
· Jul 11, 2026
Missouri Guard rescues 202 kids, counselors from flooded camp
Missouri National Guard helicopters rescued 202 children and counselors stranded by floodwaters at Camp Taum Sauk in Reynolds County, Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office said. Kehoe activated the Missouri National Guard to carry out the evacuation from the camp near Lesterville. Eight UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and about 35 crew members airlifted the campers and staff []...Click to read more
The Daily Beast
· Jul 11, 2026
National Guard Airlifts Summer Campers From Historic Floods
Sgt. Eddie Young/ Missouri State / via REUTERSThe National Guard has scrambled to rescue over 200 campers trapped by floodwaters. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe declared a state of emergency on Friday as rapidly rising floodwaters threatened the Camp Taum Sauk summer camp, 100 miles southwest of St. Louis, prompting the National Guard to evacuate children by helicopter. Also airlifted to safety were around 20 campers who had climbed to the roof of a collapsed building at the Barecat Getaway campground in Reynolds County.Read more at The Daily Beast.
DNyuz
· Jul 11, 2026
Stranded campers among hundreds rescued from historic Missouri flooding after ‘1-in-1,000-year event’ dumps a foot of rain
Hundreds of people, including young campers, were rescued across Missouri Friday as flash flooding from a once-in-a-millennium deluge transformed rivers into raging torrents. A series of thunderstorms dumped between 6 and 12 inches of rain across southeast Missouri in what officials have described as a 1-in-1000-year rainfall event. The historic overnight downpour prompted Gov. Mike []
Associated Press
· Jul 11, 2026
Aerial video shows widespread flooding in Lesterville, Missouri
Emergency crews rescued about 20 people in Missouri on Friday after a building collapsed in a campground following widespread flooding and heavy rainfall in the state. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
BNO News
· Jul 11, 2026
All rescued after building collapses into floodwaters in Missouri
A building collapsed into floodwaters at a campground in southeast Missouri, where officials initially said 10 to 17 people fell into the water. Everyone involved in the collapse was rescued, and five campers who were separately reported missing were also found safe. The collapse happened Friday at Bearcat Getaway Campground near Lesterville in Reynolds County, [] The post All rescued after building collapses into floodwaters in Missouri appeared first on BNO News.
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Related coverage for "More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding": Al Jazeera English — Children airlifted to safety from Missouri summer camp hit by floods. Off The Press — Missouri Guard rescues 202 kids, counselors from flooded camp. The Daily Beast — National Guard Airlifts Summer Campers From Historic Floods. DNyuz — Stranded campers among hundreds rescued from historic Missouri flooding after ‘1-in-1,000-year event’ dumps a foot of rain. Associated Press — Aerial video shows widespread flooding in Lesterville, Missouri. BNO News — All rescued after building collapses into floodwaters in Missouri