AFD sends 7 to help with flooding from storms in South Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As storms with potentially flooding rains roll through South Texas, some members of the Austin Fire Department are there to help.AFD said seven of its members were deployed as part of the Texas A&M Task Force 1 to Three Rivers, a town about an hour northwest of Corpus Christi. Gov. Greg Abbott has staged crews and resources there to help people in the event of flash floods and other weather-related events.Sign up for our daily forecast newsletter at kxan.com/newsle