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Travis County officials are investigating multiple reports of ’boats in distress’ on Lake Travis during a Trump boat parade. According to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, they were first notified of the incidents around 12:15 p.m., Saturday. The image below was tweeted by Austin American-Statesman photojournalist of the boat parade. Rough waters on Lake Travis as hundreds of boats in Trump boat parade. Several swamped. #Statesman @bobphoto pic.twitter.com/DPpKKhgljF — bobphoto (@bobphoto) September 5, 2020 Several boats were in distress all along the parade route, according to officials. There are currently no reports of injuries.

Background: Over the past 3 days widespread rains of 6-10 have fallen on the Colorado river watershed above Austin. You may have seen amazing video of the Llano River wiping out homes and bridges. The llano river hit its highest level since 1935 with 300,000 cfs of water flowing into the CO River above Lake Travis at one point, This combined with other runoff caused Lake Travis to rise over 30 feet in 2 days!! The current level at Lake Travis is over 701 feet with many homes flooded already...5th highest of all time Llona river has receded with only...

Lake Travis has risen more than 29 feet in the last 30 days after continued rainfall across Central Texas replenished the drought-stricken lake. The body of water is now 67 percent full, just 12 feet below its average.

For the 1,000 or so residents of Spicewood Beach in Burnet County, water tanker trucks have become a way of life. Stage 4 water restrictions started in late January. Back then, one truck would bring water to the Spicewood Beach water station. Now, two trucks make the run - eight to ten times a day. Joe Don Dockery is the Burnet County Commissioner for Precinct 4. He says Lake Travis' water levels directly affect the wells in Spicewood Beach. And because lake levels are so low, the system can't supply water to its residents.

An archaeology crew excavated what its members think is a prehistoric skeleton from the banks of Lake Travis on Sunday. Evidence at the site indicates that the skeleton is between 700 and 2,000 years old, most likely dating back about 1,000 years, members of the excavation crew said. The nearly intact skeleton is being donated to the University of Texas for further study. The skeleton was found Aug. 9 by an Austin man riding a personal watercraft on Lake Travis. David Houston had pulled onto the sloped southern bank, admiring a nearby house, when he saw a jawbone, teeth and...