WACO, Texas — Major flooding that started from heavy rainfall into Lake Waco has made its way northwest to Bosque County as the area saw more than seven inches of rain in the past week.
According to Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator Tim Jeske, several roadways that would ordinarily lead to the banks and shores of Lake Waco are closed to avoid anyone driving into flooded areas.
Jeske says campers were warned about the increased flood risks so they could avoid their property being engulfed in the overflow from the lake.
At this time, Jeske says the Army Corps of Engineers are working their flood plan and will determine when it will be safe to release the flood waters from not only Lake Waco, but Lake Aquilla and Lake Whitney to ensure the down stream impacts are minimal.
"There's a lot of roads closed. A lot of flooding in the flood planes themselves. There were a few structures in the flood planes itself that we are aware of, but they're doing okay. Everybody's accounted for and now it's a rebuilding period and watching the water and waiting for it to dry out a bit so we can get things back to normal," Jeske explained.
The Emergency Operations Center was on their Level Three plan on Saturday when the flood waters made their way down the river. They even sent out sheriff's deputies and game wardens to the potential impacted areas to assist in any evacuations.
Jeske says the river is already starting to level off to normal and lake levels are rising as the water makes its way down. It will continue to be the Army Corps call on how they want to go about releasing that water when the time comes.
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