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South Texas bracing for more flash flooding; governor bolsters emergency response  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Heavy rain moving through parts of southern Texas this weekend is prompting flash-flood threats through Monday. San Antonio and Corpus Christi are among the cities under a flood threat. Heavy rain on Sunday in parts of southern Texas is prompting flash-flood threats that are expected to stretch into Monday and could produce rainfall totals of 7 to 9 inches. A flood watch remains in effect on Sunday after multiple days of rainstorms have saturated the ground across the South Texas region. Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio, Brownsville and Kerrville are among the South Texas cities under a flood watch through Monday morning, where widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are likely.

Some areas could receive 7 to 9 inches of rainfall from slower-moving and training storms. Some areas of South Texas have already gotten more than 5 inches of rain since Sunday morning, including areas east of Laredo to near Kingsville. Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected through Sunday evening for some parts of southern Texas that will linger into Monday morning's commute. For the remainder of Sunday, a level 2 of 4 threat for flash flooding is in effect across southern Texas, including Brownsville, Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Kerrville. Rainfall rates at times could reach 1 to 2 inches per hour. On Friday, Texas Gov. Greg