Park in Austin, Texas floods as heavy rains inundate parts of Central Texas

Cities in Central Texas saw severe flooding on October 16, with reports of overflowing rivers, inundated streets and houses going underwater as rain pummeled the region.

This video, filmed at Mansfield Dam Park in Austin, Texas at around 6 pm, shows Lake Travis flooding. The lake had reached flood stage and was 115% full at the time of filming.

A state of emergency was declared in 18 counties, and several remained under flash flood warnings throughout the night.

A person's body was found in Lake LBJ in Burnet County, near the east bank of the shore in a neighborhood between Kingsland and Highland Haven. The victim was not identified.