PALESTINE, Texas — Authorities have found a sixth body after flash flooding in East Texas that also killed a woman and her four great-grandchildren.

The latest victim was identified as 30-year-old Giovani Olivas of Palestine, who was swept under flood waters.

More than 7 inches of rain fell in less than an hour late Friday evening, swamping a neighborhood and forcing some people onto their roofs.

Lisa Asberry Davis said Saturday that she and her three children waded to safety through water up to their chins after torrential rains in East Texas swamped a cul-de-sac of homes during the night and forced some residents onto rooftops.

Firefighters lifted them out of the water at a rescue point, but Davis’s cousin and the woman’s four great-grandchildren who lived down the street didn’t make it.

The bodies of Davis’s cousin, 64-year-old Lenda Asberry, and her great-grandchildren were found in the receding water.

Associated Press