India, July 6 -- A father of two in United States' Texas reportedly lost his life on Friday while trying to save his family during the flash floods, almost cutting his arm "clean off".

Julian Ryan, 27, punched through the window of his room to try to save his family - his mother, his fiancee Christinia Wilson, and the couple's 6-year-old and 13-month-old children.

The family was in the bedroom of their trailer home in Ingram when the flooding woke them up at 4 am in the morning, the New York Times reported.

Ryan, who worked as a dishwasher at the local restaurant, and his fiancee noticed the flooding when the water was up to their ankles. Following this, his mother and 6-year-old son rushed to the bedroom to take shelter, as per NYT. ...