AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas has experienced two catastrophic flooding events on Memorial Day weekend going back to the 80s.
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2015 Memorial Day flood
It’s now been ten years since a flash flood hit the Blanco and San Marcos rivers in Hays County — killing at least 13 people, KXAN has previously reported.
In Austin itself, roughly five inches of rain fell on Memorial Day in 2015, according to the city — causing roads to close and people to flee to higher ground.
“Units began running calls around 9 a.m. that morning,” Austin Fire Department Assistant Chief Tom Vocke remembered. “Water and flood-related calls started, but eventually turned into the units that we were working with being assigned to the Pleasant Valley area.”…