HOUSTON – Floods have destroyed more than 1,000 homes and taken several lives across the Houston area. The ripple effect through affected communities is hurting more than the people who died in the water.
Families are left to grieve loved ones who misjudged the flooding waters under a Galleria area intersection.
Suresh Talluri, who was found Monday afternoon in a flooded car, leaves behind a wife and two elementary-age children.
Friends and neighbors describe his good traits with genuine shock.
“Nice person. Typical family guy, who takes care of his kids. His kid last Sunday, he brought his son to play with my son. That was the last time I was able to talk him,” Marcello Ennes said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for expenses related to Talluri’s death. Friends wrote on the fundraising page that he was an energetic, dedicated and loving man.