This past weekend's heavy rain helped fill Grapevine Lake.
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps to prevent flooding afterEngineers closed some dam gates Monday at area reservoirs, including at Grapevine Lake, to prevent their water from flowing into the swollen Trinity River. The lakes will hold the excess water until the Trinity River drains its own surplus into the Gulf of Mexico and its flow stabilizes.
"Right now, I'd say it's a good thing to be a little above normal," USACE water manager Simeon Benson told WFAA."No big deal. We can manage that." Grapevine Lake rose one foot from Sunday to Monday. Though its water is now about three feet above the corps' target level, the reservoir has space to hold another 22 feet of water.
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