KRUM, Texas – People in the North Texas town of Krum were being rescued by helicopter from rising floodwaters there.
Denton County Emergency Services Chief Jody Gonzalez said Sunday that multiple rescues had been performed from flooded streets and homes in the small town located about 50 miles northwest of Dallas.
National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Staley says there were numerous road closes and some high water rescues in North Texas after storms have moved through over the last several says. He says some locations have gotten from six to seven inches of rain over the past four days.
Television footage showed some vehicles nearly submerged.
The American Red Cross is setting up a shelter in nearby Denton for evacuees.