Residents along Mearns Meadow Boulevard in North Austin witnessed major flooding due to leftover debris from the February ice storm piling up in a creek. They say the city is to blame.
, where leftover debris from the February ice storm has been piling up in a creek. When the rain came Thursday, it caused major flooding.
"I noticed water just creeping up on the floor within my house," he said. "There was a lot of debris left, and dead trees and what not that fell into the creek. All of the debris came forward through the creek blocking the canals here and causing the water to flow over instead of being able to use the natural irrigation that they should have."
Law enforcement officials responded to dozens of water rescues involving cars trapped due to the extreme flooding."Watershed Protection crews cleared the area near a culvert on Mearns Meadow Blvd. and Quail Valley Blvd. on April 11, 2023. The winter storm earlier this year exacerbated the amount of debris and downed limbs in and around creeks throughout Austin. Some of this debris may have gotten washed downstream during the storm Thursday evening and clogged the culvert again.
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