TEXAS, USA — The Lower Colorado River Authority, or LCRA, announced Thursday it had completed a more than 12-year, $51.1 million project to upgrade the floodgates at Buchanan Dam. The LCRA said it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — One of the most important lakes in Central Texas is overflowing, forcing the Lower Colorado River ...

LLANO, Texas — For the first time in more than six years, several floodgates opened Buchanan Dam. On Monday, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) stated that four floodgates opened. This comes ...

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 ...

On July 15, 2025, in Texas, USA, @jenmurc shared a video of the Buchanan Dam water release. In the video, the author is seen at Inks Lake observing fish activity near the splashing waters caused by ...

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 ...

LAKE TRAVIS, Texas — Lake Travis is now more than 140 percent full while the Lower Colorado River Authority has closed lakes Travis, Marble Falls, LBJ, Inks and Buchanan. The afternoon of Oct. 18, ...

Buchanan Dam residents under boil water advisory … News / Jan 3, 2022 / 10:11 PM CST Residents of the Buchanan Dam area in Llano County are under a boil water advisory, after a leak caused a water ...

All floodgates at Buchanan and Wirtz dams have been closed, the Lower Colorado River Authority announced on Tuesday. Buchanan Dam is the farthest upstream on the Highland Lakes, which the LCRA manages ...

BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — One of the most important lakes in Central Texas is overflowing, forcing the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to open its flood gates for the first time in six years ...