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The footprints were created some 115 million years ago, when what is now a Central Texas suburb was a beach on the Western Interior Seaway.

The Central Texas Community Foundation launched a fundraiser with a goal of raising $10 million to support people in AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ and Williamson counties who were affected by the floods.

Federal and state disaster declarations allow the county to raise taxes without voter approval. The average AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County homeowner would pay about $200 more in property taxes than the previous year.

Hundreds of family photos are being restored by the Austin Disaster Relief Network. But for many people affected by the floods, the majority of their personal possessions are still missing.

Residents in the Big Sandy Creek neighborhood say it could take months to return the area back to normal. More hands on deck will help speed up the process.

Officials scramble to reconnect FM 1431 and the only road leading into the Sandy Creek neighborhood near Leander after two important bridges were washed out by floods over the Fourth of July weekend.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the on-going construction of the Sandy Creek coal plant near Waco violates the Clean Air Act.�