2023-07-17 07:39:26
In the US state of Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood has claimed several lives (symbol image)
(dpa)
A sudden flash flood has inundated a street in southeastern Pennsylvania, killing at least five people. Several cars were swept away by the water and swept away. According to the authorities, at least two other people were missing in addition to the at least five dead: a nine-month-old boy and a two-year-old girl.
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The mother of the two children was among the dead. The police said it was a family from the southern state of South Carolina. The victims were washed away in their cars on a street on Saturday afternoon. The accident happened on the border with the US state of New Jersey near the city of Trenton.
“Stay alert and prepared”
Officials in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, said there was torrential rain in the Washington Crossing area around 5:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon (local time). Upper Makefield Fire Chief Tim Brewer reported about 18 inches of rain fell there in 45 minutes. He has never seen anything comparable.
It also rained heavily elsewhere on the US east coast, for example in Vermont. The authorities there warned that landslides could occur. There had been floods in the past few days. “My team and I continue to monitor the situation as more rain falls in Vermont. There are flash flood warnings throughout the state today. Stay alert and prepared,” Gov. Phil Scott said.
Tornadowarnung in Massachusetts
According to the website Flightaware.com, the storms on Sunday also led to hundreds of flight cancellations in the greater metropolitan area of New York. More than 300 flights were canceled at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey alone. There were more than 160 at Kennedy International Airport in New York. Hundreds of other flights were delayed.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings and tornadoes in parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. A tornado warning has been issued for an area along the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. There were thousands of power outages in the region.
The USA is currently being hit by extreme weather. While millions of people in the south of the country are groaning under a heat wave, severe flooding has repeatedly occurred in the north-east in recent days.
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