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A system of dams and reservoirs was designed to hold in floodwaters. Crews monitor the water coming into the system and ...
The last time the gates were open at Buchanan Dam was 2019. The LRCA's move to open the gates Monday comes after another 6-10 ...
The Lower Colorado River Authority said it expects to close all flood gates Wednesday following July's heavy rain and ...
LLANO, Texas — All floodgates at dams along the Highland Lakes have been closed as the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) ...
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) opened floodgates at the Buchanan Dam on Monday, the first time that’s happened ...
The Lower Colorado River Authority opened four floodgates at Buchanan Dam Monday afternoon to release storm runoff as the Highland Lakes system manages flooding from July rains. The floodgate ...
After historic flash flooding throughout Central Texas and the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July weekend, the excess rainfall spurred a milestone reopening of Central Texas floodgates — the ...
Rounds of rain hit the Hill Country over the past several days, causing dozens of deaths. As of Tuesday morning, all ...
In 1937, three 'Abilene Boys' canoed 660 miles down the Colorado River. As adults, they repeated the journey in 1991.
States in the upper and lower halves of the Colorado River basin have spent the last few months negotiating how water cuts should be divvied out after current agreements expire in 2026, but are at ...
New details are emerging of what's being negotiated between the seven states who rely on the Colorado River — an "amicable divorce" between the Upper and Lower Basins.
River authorities have advised that the public avoids Central Texas lakes in the days after the region’s devastating floods.