Official: Flooding from remnants of Hermine kills 1 in Texas; swamps city of Arlington

Official: Flooding from Hermine remnants kills 1

ARLINGTON, Texas — The National Weather Service says flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine (hur-MEEN’) has killed one person in a town north of Austin, Texas.

National Weather Service duty officer Tony Merriman says the unidentified person died in a vehicle overcome by floodwaters early Wednesday in Killeen.

Flood warnings have been posted throughout the region after the remnants of the storm dumped several inches of rain across central and North Texas.

Television footage on a local Fox affiliate shows whitewater pouring under an amusement park roller coaster in Arlington, west of Dallas, and firefighters helping residents stranded by the water.