Austin's History of Floods

KUT 90.5 | By Andrew Weber

Published June 8, 2016 at 2:38 PM CDT

Starting in 1869, the timeline below chronicles past floods that hit the Austin area.

Scroll through the slideshow or the timeline underneath.

This story was originally published on May 27, 2015.

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