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The body of Darren Mitchell was found downstream from his overturned truck after it was trapped by the extreme flood.

He is one of five confirmed killed by the freak weather event, which hit the US states of Texas and Kansas after torrential rain.

Now an eerie last post has been discovered on Mr Mitchell’s Facebook page, posted in the moments before his death.

(Image: FACEBOOK)

It shows the view from inside his sinking car, with the rising waters almost at the top of his windows.

A caption posted alongside the image on Thursday states: “And all I wanted to do was go home.”

The 21-year-old National Guardsman had called his family before he died updating them on his situation.

He told them he had escaped his truck and that he was okay, but later that day he stopped answering his phone.

An emotional Lashandoe Smith, who watched the scene unfold in horror, told local news station KHOU what happened next.

She said: "He got out, got in the bed of his truck, got on top of it, and then all of the sudden he got back in his truck.

"And like maybe 10 to 15 minutes after he was in his truck, it just flipped and he topsided into the water.

"It just disappeared. Once it flipped, you didn't see tires, his truck, nothing. It just tumbled over."

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Mr Mitchell’s truck was found in water near Highway 105 at Brenham, a town northwest of Houston.

The body of the Navasota resident was found later, after an initial search was called off due to adverse weather.

Also missing, feared dead, is 11-year-old Devon Cooley and two unidentified people swept off a roadway by floodwaters.

Local law enforcement have asked some families to evacuate their homes and ordered others to do so.