Video: Flooding, downed power lines in Mower County
Driesner Park in Austin, 4:30 p.m.
(ABC 6 News) – The water levels at Driesner Park in Austin were high at 4:30 p.m. — and have only risen in the hour since.
Reporter Hanna Holland and Brian Wise shared video from the scene.
Reporter Hanna Holland and photographer @bpwdrummer see flooding at Driesner Park in Austin. pic.twitter.com/BkOnLPgr91
— ABC 6 News – KAAL TV (@ABC6NEWS) May 21, 2024
The team also reported seeing trees downed in the area of 4th Street and 5th Avenue SE, Austin.
An ABC 6 News staffer submitted a photo of Austin Utilities clearing downed branches and trees on 4th Avenue NE around 7 p.m.
Freeborn-Mower Electric Co-op, which serves the Austin area, reported outages earlier in the day.
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Reporters Rachel Mantos and Jordan Sansom, in Rose Creek, saw County Road 4 blocked off as crews worked on downed power lines.
A power line had been snapped in half, Mantos reported.
