KXAN put together a day-by-day breakdown of what we witnessed as we reported from Travis County in the aftermath of these floods. You can find that breakdown below.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — After Travis County Judge Andy Brown was questioned by state lawmakers over the county’s initial response to devastating Independence Day weekend floods, the county is releasing more information about the overall search and rescue effort.
Travis County Judge Andy Brown questioned by lawmakers over flood response
Monday, Travis County released a Texas Task Force Urban Search and Rescue report. Those search and rescue crews responded to the floods alongside local resources (locally, firefighters from emergency service districts across Travis County, the sheriff’s office and Austin Fire were among those responding).
According to that report, the timeline in which the state task force was deployed to and utilized in Travis County was as follows:
- July 4: Texas Task Force 2 deploys to Llano
- July 5: State teams helped Travis County with “hasty search, damage observations”
- July 8: Task force established a base of operations and “began coordinated search ops”
Those teams say they found “numerous” vehicles, debris piles and one set of human remains. Over the next days, the search and rescue crews reported 66 “critical interactions” meaning they rescued/located someone or found human remains, according to the report. They also made 426 damage observations…