Neighborhoods Gone

Monday morning people stood at the water’s edge and saw the full power of the river.

Tuesday morning gave a glimpse of the impact.

Swelled by rains from Tropical Storm Harvey, the Colorado River crested at 54.22 feet at 2 p,m. Monday in La Grange, the third highest mark in recorded history, and highest since 1913.

As the sun rose Tuesday what those figures really meant was furniture hanging from trees, the smell of natural gas leaking into the air, a dead dog stuck in a fence.

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