'God was with us': Leander woman describes being swept away by floods, surviving in tree

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A Leander woman and her family were swept away by floodwaters early Saturday morning and managed to survive by climbing a tree, the family told KXAN.

Melissa Higginbotham lives in Leander, just down the street from the Travis County Emergency Services District 1 station and the Round Mountain Baptist Church. She says around midnight she noticed there was water in her front yard.

"About 2 my dad came banging on the door, 'we got to go,'" she said.

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