India, July 6 -- Videos showing large debris masses floating down Lake Travis have surfaced on social media following catastrophic flooding across Central Texas on Friday that has claimed at least 43 lives and left several others missing.

According to data from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Lake Travis has risen more than 15 feet since Friday and is projected to continue rising in the coming days. At 4 a.m. Friday, the lake's surface elevation at Mansfield Dam was recorded at 637.56 feet above mean sea level. By 4:20 p.m. Saturday, it had surged by 15.44 feet to 653 feet. Lake Travis is considered "full" when it reaches 681 feet.

To manage the floodwaters, the LCRA opened two floodgates each at both Wirtz and Starcke dams, ...