AUSTIN, Texas — May 2024 brought beneficial rain to Austin and especially our Highland Lakes system here in Central Texas. The reservoirs and dams along the Colorado River provide over a million ...

LAKE BUCHANAN, Texas (KXAN) — As flood gates opened at Buchanan Dam for the first time in six years, locals gathered to watch as water from Lake Buchanan rushed into Inks Lake. “There’s still a lot of ...

While stormy weather raged across Central Texas on Monday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 6, the welcomed rain showers offered minimal reprieve to the region's waterways amid years of reduced water levels.

Massive amounts of rainfall over the last several days in Central Texas, which has led to more than 100 deaths and untold destruction, has now forced a major dam to open its flood gates for the first ...

LLANO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — On Sept. 30, the Buchanan Lake Village Landowners Association president, Theo Van Eeten, received a letter from the Lower Colorado River Authority, LCRA, informing him ...

Excessive rainfall this month has eliminated much of the drought across Texas, with some lakes jumping more than 30 feet in less than two weeks. Among the lakes witnessing a significant rise is Lake ...

The LRCA announced Monday afternoon on X that it would open two flood gates at the dam, which is about 70 miles northwest of Austin near Llano. The San Saba River flows into the Colorado River north ...