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Kingsland residents cleans up damage flooding left behind

Kingsland is in an area where the Llano River and Colorado River meet, creating some dangerous flood zones.

KINGSLAND, Texas — Lots of cleanup took place Wednesday in Kingsland where powerful water ripped down a bridge and flooded homes this week.

The town is in an area where the Llano River and Colorado River meet, creating some dangerous flood zones.

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"It came in so fast it was hard to believe," said homeowner Paul Warren.

He is cleaning up what he can after flood waters from the Llano River and a nearby creek rushed into his home Tuesday.

"You can see it got up to almost 2 feet," said Warren.

The water destroyed docks, damaged boats and filled several homes.

"When it started getting out there in the drive way I knew we were in trouble and just in a few minutes it was at the door," said Warren.

They grabbed what they could.

"A couple bags of clothes, that’s all we had time for," said Warren.

They moved to higher ground to watch the river.

"Just rolling and you'd see couches and chairs and tables, all kinds of stuff coming down the river," said Warren.

Warren came back to house a full of mud, leaves and sticks.

Now he'll have to replace everything.

"We’ll cut sheet rock up probably 4 feet high and replace all that, insulation, wiring, cabinets, like I was saying, all the cabinets will go," said Warren.

It’s unclear how many people the water has affected in the area.

"It's going to take a long time to get this all back to where it was,” said Ronnie Madrid.

Madrid goes to the Llano River for every Fourth of July.

"It's a total disaster, sadness,” said Madrid. “I can’t even begin to say how different it looks.”

She lives just up the river near Buchanan Dam.

With more flood gates open, they now worry for their own home.

"The water is raging, it's just raging,” said Madrid.

As for Warren, he's thankful to have flood insurance.

"I'm fortunate, I'm very fortunate,” said Warren.

As for the washed out bridge, several people in town tell me this is a big logistics headache.

"Now we have to go the long way around through Burnet to get to marble falls or to get anywhere,” said Madrid.

"Now we'll have to go all the way back around to get there,” said Warren.

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