The town was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt ...

KXAN Austin. Austin created a warning system after 1981 Memorial Day flood, here’s how it works. Posted: December 6, 2024 | Last updated: March 5, 2025 ...

1981 Memorial Day flood During the 1981 Memorial Day flood, more than a foot of water fell in less than three hours, killing 13 people and causing extensive damage , KXAN previously reported.

The Memorial Day Flood left 13 people dead, and damage was estimated at more than $35 million. The event led the city to make major changes in how it prepares for and responds to flooding.

Even so, the Memorial Day flooding is unlike anything anyone has ever seen. The river crested at 40 feet before the gauge broke—7 feet higher than the record set in 1929.

Memorial Day Flood. The deluge began to fall during the evening hours of May 25, 2015 and didn't stop until the next morning. Seven people were killed and hundreds of high-water rescues were ...

Thirteen people were killed during Austin's 1981 Memorial Day flood. Austin History Center, Austin Public Library More than four decades ago, a similar tragedy ripped across Austin on May 24, 1981 ...

Thirteen people were killed during historic flooding in Wimberley in 2015. Now the community is coming together to remember the victims at a memorial concert.

The Houston Fire Department was ill-prepared for the Memorial Day flooding that killed seven people, according to rescue boat maintenance records and one HFD captain's post-flood incident report.

Tropical downpours covered South Florida early on Memorial Day. Some areas, like the upper Keys received over 3 inches of rainfall since midnight which led to the threat of flooding.

The 1981 Memorial Day flood shocked Austin, lulled into a false sense of safety by the controls supplied by the dams on the Colorado. Yet just as in 1915, a huge wave surged down the Shoal Creek ...