President trump has arrived to assess the damage left in the wake of tropical storm, harvey. Before we bring you the latest from the president s visit, lets first touch on the latest concern for authorities. Just outside the city of houston, are the addicks and barker dams. Their reservoirs have now been pushed to capacity by the unrelenting rainfall, causing the dams to overspill. While that wont cause the dams to fail it will add to flooding in the areas close to the main river into houston. This is the barker dam, officials had been trying to release water from the reservoirs to try and prevent those overspills. A p pa re ntly apparently unprecedented height. About 30,000 people have been driven into emergency shelters and now the mayor of houston has made a plea for federal aid to shelter further 10,000 with existing shelters bursting with far too many people. As i mentioned earlier, President Trump and the first lady are in texas. They touched down in Corpus Christi near where the
Lake Buchanan infested with zebra mussels, joining dozens of other Texas waterways, officials say Kelsey Bradshaw, Austin American-Statesman
Lake Buchanan is among the latest Texas waterways to be infested with zebra mussels, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The department designated the lake, which is west of Burnet and north of Inks Lake, as being infested after an October sampling showed evidence that the invasive mollusks were reproducing there.
Zebra mussel larvae were found in plankton samples that Lower Colorado River Authority scientists took from three sites around the lake, officials said. Last month, more samples were taken from two of three sites, and zebra mussels were found again.
Zebra mussels were also found earlier in December near a floodgate project at Buchanan Dam.
“At this time, the results indicate that the population in the lake appears to be small,” said Monica McGarrity, a Texas Parks and Wildlife senior scientist for aquatic invasive species management. “However, as we have seen in other Texas lakes, the population is likely to increase rapidly over the next few years.”
Lake Buchanan is one of 31 lakes in the state to be infested with zebra mussels. In Central Texas, Lake Austin, Lady Bird Lake, Lake Georgetown, Lake LBJ and Lake Marble Falls are all infested with zebra mussels, according to a parks department map.