India, July 13 -- The Texas floods have led to widespread devastation in the state. Amid several stories of bravery have emerged the story of Seventeen-year-old Malaya Grace Hammond, who lost her life in the early hours of July 5 while helping her family escape their minivan after it was swept into raging floodwaters in Burnet County, Texas. Her final act of bravery, opening the van's rear door to free her younger siblings and a friend, has been hailed, ABC News reported.

Malaya and her family, the ABC News report said, were en route to a Christian summer camp where she was set to serve as a counselor. Her father, Matthew Hammond, told the media that the family was driving in the dark and did not realize the Cow Creek Bridge, which is us...