Six members of a family have drowned in Houston after their van was swept away by currents in the Hurricane Harvey floodwaters in the deadliest single incident since the storm began.
Devy Saldivar wrote a heartbreaking message on Facebook as Tropical Storm Harvey bore down on their home.
"No sleep& anxiety, please let this pass sooner," 16-year-old wrote about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
A few hours after her plea, her great-uncle, Sammy, tried to drive all of them to safety when violent floodwaters engulfed their van near the Greens Bayou, relatives told NBC News.
The driver - the children's great-uncle - was able to escape, but the van sank too quickly for the victims to be rescued, KHOU 11 reported.
Her brothers and sister Dominic, 14; Xavier, 8; and Daisy, 6, as well as their great-grandparents, Manuel, 83, and Belia, 81, all drowned.
The van ran into trouble van after it crossed a bridge and hit high floodwater on Green River Drive.
The survivor, who has not been identified, managed to grab onto a branch and told the children to climb out of the back door of the van, but they were unable to do so.
