‘If You See It Coming, It’s Too Late’: Ex-Firefighter Shares Flood Safety Tips Near Guadalupe River

Historic bridge swept away by San Gabriel River flooding

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Flooding along the San Gabriel River Saturday morning swept away a historic bridge in Burnet County. Video shared with KXAN shows the Joppa Iron Truss Bridge floating downstream as the river levels rose. The bridge was built in 1907 and received a Texas Historical Marker in 2017. The bridge was limited to foot traffic only, but had been closed due to structural damage. The video shows water flowing over the County Road 200 bridge…

Historic bridge washed away in Burnet County flooding

The historic Joppa bridge in Burnet County was washed away in the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas.

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‘If you see it coming, it’s too late’: Ex-firefighter shares flood safety tips near Guadalupe River

Take it from a former firefighter: anyone without experience in high water rescues should keep themselves out of harm’s way. Debbie, an ex-firefighter who also worked as a Swiftwater Rescue Technician, spoke to KSAT 12 News’ Zaria Oates near the Guadalupe River in Spring Branch. “I feel like I’m on this side of the traffic, behind the guardrail, and I’m high enough to be safe,” Debbie said on Friday night. “Now, if it gets halfway up this bridge…

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