Canyon Lake, known as the jewel of the Hill Country, was created in the 1960s with the damming of the spring-fed Guadalupe River. The aim was for flood control and drought management. The ...

Canyon Lake is currently nearly half empty ... The reservoir was created by damming the spring-fed Guadalupe in the 1960s for flood control and drought management; it's a major water source ...

On Wednesday at 3:47 a.m. the NWS Hanford CA issued a flood watch valid from 10 p.m. until Friday 10 p.m. for San Joaquin River Canyon. The NWS describes, "Flooding caused by excessive rainfall ...