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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 ...
Following historic flash flooding during the Fourth of July weekend, a Central Texas lake has hit its highest water levels in ...
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 said it expects to close all flood gates Wednesday following July’s heavy rain and ...
A system of dams and reservoirs was designed to hold in floodwaters. Crews monitor the water coming into the system and ...
The Lower Colorado River Authority has opened flood gates at Buchanan Dam to prevent overflow, allowing water to flow into Inks Lake, while Lake Travis remains at its average level of 666 feet.
Lake Buchanan has reached a water level of 1020 feet for the first time since March 2005, an amount that is now considered full, but has not always been the case.
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 ...
Lake Buchanan is roughly two feet away from reaching full capacity. ‘I Made Every Single' Decision: Biden Fires Back at Trump ...
This marks the first time that the Buchanan Dam floodgates have opened since 2019, as Lake Buchanan is currently just two feet away from reaching full capacity. As of Monday morning, the lake's ...
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) opened floodgates at the Buchanan Dam on Monday, the first time that’s happened ...
For the first time since 2019, four floodgates at Buchanan Dam were opened as Texas grapples with weeks of severe flooding. The coordinated move is part of a larger flood control effort across the ...