FLOOD UPDATES: Marble Falls VFD chief among the missing
RR 3404 at The Slab in Kingsland the morning of July 5. Staff photo by Dakota Morrissiey
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JULY 6 UPDATES
- VIDEO: Burnet County officials provided updates on the flood damage and search efforts during a media conference at the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 6. Five people are still missing, three are confirmed dead, and there have been 63 successful rescues since July 4. WATCH THE VIDEO.
- The Burnet County emergency response is set to resume this morning. There are two confirmed fatalities and six people missing in the county. Burnet County first responders and aiding agencies have made over 50 rescues since the flooding began on Friday, July 4. The following are some of the confirmed closed roads in the Burnet County area: FM 1431 at Cow Creek (Travis County), FM 1174 at Cow Creek, Park Road 4 at U.S. 281, FM 243 in multiple locations, FM 963 in the 11000 Block.
- Ark of Highland Lakes offers these ways to help those impacted by flooding.
JULY 5 UPDATES
- One Day Academy-Marble Falls is reporting that student Malaya Hammond went missing in floodwaters near RR 1431 between Marble Falls and Lago Vista.
- Burnet County Emergency Management has confirmed that a missing firefighter is Marble Falls Volunteer Fire Department Chief Michael Phillips. Phillips was swept away while attempting a rescue on Cow Creek, according to Burnet County Sheriff Calvin Boyd.
- Two fatalities in Burnet County have been attributed to the flooding, according to Burnet County Sheriff Calvin Boyd.
- PEC is responding to outages caused by the flood; how to report outages and downed lines
- The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page has a list of known road closures.
- Marble Falls Middle School, 1511 Pony Circle, has been set up as a shelter.
- Inks Lake State Park is closed to day-use visitors and Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge is closed due to flash flood risks.
- The Lower Colorado River Authority is strongly encouraging everyone to stay off lakes Travis, LBJ and Marble Falls for the next few days to avoid flood debris, fast-moving flows and bacteria levels that traditionally increase after a flood event.
- Burnet County has declared a local state of disaster.
- The Burnet County Office of Emergency Management confirms with DailyTrib.com that the Cow Creek Bridge on RR 1431 is destroyed, making the highway impassable east of Marble Falls toward Lago Vista.
- LCRA floodgate operations
- RR 1431 eastbound Manzano Mile in Marble Falls closed to thru traffic.
- City of Burnet is requesting residents conserve water due to flooding; limit use to “essential indoor needs.”
- Sign up for local emergency alerts via phone/email at WarnCentralTexas.org.
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Praying for all that are or were involved in this tragedy.
Fireman down.
You may be thinking of the bridge over Cow Creek on 1174.
The Cow Creek Bridge connects MF to LH/Bertram, not Lago Vista.
BOTH bridges washed out. 1431 and 1174.
Oof.
One might still get from Oatmeal to Lago by taking Cow Creek Road.
Is Cow Creek Road washed out?
It was pretty rough before the flood..