My son’s last words were ‘What’s Happening to me?’ Family demands answers after 13-year-old shot to death in SW HoustonHoustonNear-historic rainfalls resulted in flooding throughout SE Texas. Along the Trinity River, communities were hit hard with the flow being released from the Lake Livingston Dam.According to data obtained by KPRC2′s Gage Goulding, the dam set a record for water flowing from its spillway at 124,000 cfs.
As a result, the Trinity River Authority activated its Emergency Action Plan on May 16 for a “Non-Failure Condition.” This issue was outlined to be a partial failure of the left downstream training wall as well as erosion adjacent to the training wall. A stilling basin is an area on the downstream side of a spillway that helps break the turbulent flow of water.
“Under current flow there is no threat,” Ward told KPRC2′s Gage Goulding on a phone call late Wednesday.Roughly 100 truckloads of large rock are being brought in daily as crews work around the clock.