© Sarah A. Miller/APHousehold items and debris are scattered along land between houses in Lindale, Texas, after severe weather including flooding and a possible tornado hit the region.
Woman and her four grandchildren, aged between six and nine, are among the dead after being swept away by flood watersA woman and four of her grandchildren were among six people killed by floods in Texas caused by storms that unleashed tornadoes, damaging hail and torrential rains on several central US states.The family of flood victims in Palestine, Texas, 100 miles (160km) south - east of Dallas, escaped a house where flood waters had reached the roof line and were then swept away, police captain James Muniz said.
"They were able to get out but they were washed away," he said, adding their bodies were recovered on Saturday.
Those killed were identified as Jamonicka Johnson, six, Von Johnson Junior, seven, Devonte Asberry, eight, Venetia Asberry, nine, and Lenda Asberry, 64, the city said. Palestine police took the bodies to Tyler, Texas, for autopsies, officials said.
A Palestine man, Giovani Olivas, 30, also died when he was swept under flood waters around Anderson County Road 370. His body was found late on Saturday afternoon, according to Anderson County sheriff Greg Taylor.
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