AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Authorities recovered two bodies, one in Lady Bird Lake and the other in Shoal Creek, over the weekend after severe weather prompted water rescues.

Both bodies recovered Saturday are believed to be the missing victims swept away from the initial water rescue, said the Austin Fire Department (AFD). As of Monday, their identities will not be released until the next of kin is notified.

KXAN provided a timeline of events leading up to the recoveries Saturday.

AFD said around 1 a.m. Saturday, four individuals experiencing homelessness were caught in rising water in a drainage culvert in the 5200 block of Burnet Road. That’s in the area of North Loop/Burnet Road, near where Hancock Creek, Dry Creek and Shoal Creek come together.

AFD said the drainage system goes under a shop

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