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Latest on flooding: EMS rescue 21 from houseboat in Austin

Alaena Tate, a member of a search and rescue team, looks through debris for people who were still missing after heavy flooding Wednesday, May 27, 2015, around Umphery Ranch located between Wimberley and San Marcos, Texas. The search went on for about a dozen people, including a group that disappeared after a vacation home was swept down a river and slammed into a bridge. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT
Alaena Tate, a member of a search and rescue team, looks through debris for people who were still missing after heavy flooding Wednesday, May 27, 2015, around Umphery Ranch located between Wimberley and San Marcos, Texas. The search went on for about a dozen people, including a group that disappeared after a vacation home was swept down a river and slammed into a bridge. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT Alaena Tate, a member of a search and rescue team, looks through debris for people who were still missing after heavy flooding Wednesday, May 27, 2015, around Umphery Ranch located between Wimberley and San Marcos, Texas. The search went on for about a dozen people, including a group that disappeared after a vacation home was swept down a river and slammed into a bridge. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT

3:30 a.m. (CDT)

Occupants of a houseboat that was adrift in Lake Travis in Austin were rescued early Friday.

Austin-Travis County EMS say the 21 occupants of the boat were not injured and were being evacuated with rescue boats.

Responders say the houseboat broke free from Sandy Creek Marina earlier in the day. EMS used three boats to attach the houseboat to the dock at the marina.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Travis, Williamson and Bastrop counties until 4:45 a.m.