Sunita Singh, 47, senior electrical engineer at Bechtel Oil & Gas was found dead in her car, while rushing to her work yesterday.
It looked like she and others were trying to get to work when she was trapped in flood waters, an official said.
Sunita' is survived by her husband and 15-year-old son.
Her husband Rajiv Singh said that she called around 6:50 AM and said she was in trouble, but immediately thought help was on her way. But that did not happen and she was found later dead in her car.
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In Waller County, a 56-year-old Royal ISD teacher was found inside a submerged vehicle off Adams Flat Road.
More than 470 flights were cancelled at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby Airport in the morning hours.
An overnight storm dumped between 8 and 16 inches of water on the area. The heavy rainfall also closed local schools, knocked out power for more than 121,000 residents, cancelled flights and made many roadways impassable.
Officials in Harris County havedeclared a disaster areaand estimate at least 1,000 homes have already been flooded.
More than halfthe watersheds in Harris County are experiencing significant flooding, withleast onecresting above its estimated 500-year flood mark, a new all-time record.
The local National Weather Service (NWS) has warned residents not to travel "unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order."
About 120,000 homesare without power, and school and transit systems are shut down across the region.
"Houston is in the midst of an unbelievable deluge, with already more rainfall in a single day than any hurricane to ever hit the hurricane-prone city. The flooding is "historic", NWS said in a statement.