 A woman trying to save her dog was killed after being swept away in flash floods in the US. The woman, thought to be in her mid-thirties, drowned as she was attempting to evacuate her house in Hudson Valley, New York. Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused chaos in the area yesterday. The force of the flash flooding dislodged boulders which rammed the woman's house and damaged part of its wall, said Orange County executive Steven Neuhaus. 'Her house was completely surrounded by water,' he added. 'She was trying to get through [the flooding] with her dog, and she was overwhelmed by tidal-wave type waves.' Rescue teams were attempting to retrieve her body. Two other family members and the dog survived the ordeal, officials said, according to PIX 11. Up to eight inches (20cm) of rain fell in some areas, swamping roadways and causing extensive damage to buildings, which, according to officials, could cost tens of millions of dollars to fix. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Cars submerged in water in Hudson Valley (Picture: Facebook/Sara Schroeder) Water gushes down the street (Picture: New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services) Videos posted on social media show streams of brown-coloured torrents of water rushing right next to homes. Much of the rest of north-east US began bracing for similar weather as the slow-moving storm headed east. Speaking last night, New York governor Kathy Hochul told WCBS radio that several people were missing and one home had been washed away. 'The amount of water is extraordinary and it's still a very dangerous situation,' Ms Hochul said. 'We'll get through this,' she said, adding 'it's going to be a rough night'. Rescue workers in Stony Point, Lower Hudson Valley (Picture: Seth H){kind=link}
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A woman trying to save her dog was killed after being swept away in flash floods in the US.
The woman, thought to be in her mid-thirties, drowned as she was attempting to evacuate her house in Hudson Valley, New York.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused chaos in the area yesterday.
The force of the flash flooding dislodged boulders which rammed the woman’s house and damaged part of its wall, said Orange County executive Steven Neuhaus.