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'It looked like a lagoon' | San Marcos victims still suffer from 2015 flood damage

'It looked like a lagoon' | San Marcos victims still suffer from 2015 flood damage

'It looked like a lagoon' | San Marcos victims still suffer from 2015 flood damage

Some San Marcos flood victims said they're still in need of repairs, three years after two devastating storms filled neighborhoods with floodwater.

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Should treated wastewater be dumped into Central Texas waterways?

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Wimberley cancels wastewater plan that residents worried would threaten popular Blue Hole park

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Williamson County Commissioners plan to increase tax revenue

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Two businesses donate supplies, manpower to help woman victimized in contractor work

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Texas gas stations may get away with 'pump jumping' if not enough people complain

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Defenders: Hydrilla causes problems again in Lake Austin

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Sharp rise in Texas investigations for inappropriate student/teacher relationships

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KVUE DEFENDERS: San Marcos victims still suffering from 2015 floods

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KVUE Defenders: Wastewater in waterways

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Williamson County comissioners plan to raise taxes

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Gas station caught 'pump jumping'

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Hydrilla causes problems in Lake Austin

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Defenders: Hydrilla causes problems again in Lake Austin

From destination to dangerous to empty. Lake Austin has been all of that in a span of 10 years. Since 2009, the KVUE Defenders have documented the problems created by a water weed called hydrilla and the solution that made it worse. The KVUE Defenders go back out and see why Lake Austin may be a long way from returning to its original glory.

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FORECAST: Sunny and balmy Sunday, rain this week

FORECAST: Sunny and balmy Sunday, rain this week

Austin's Lake Travis level decreases for first time this week following recent floods

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Body found in Colorado River belongs to missing person in Junction flooding

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Gov. Greg Abbott adds 36 counties to list of 18 already under a State Disaster Declaration in Texas

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Houston dad confronts son's bully with kindness and a friendship is born

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1 killed in Llano River floodwaters, flood chances remain with more rain in forecast

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As Lake Travis rises, here's a look at how water flows through the Highland Lakes

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