Three dead and four missing after flash flooding hits Pennsylvania road

At least three people were killed and four others, including a nine-month-old baby, are missing after a flash flood swamped a Pennsylvania road. Authorities say that the flooding took place at around 5.30pm on Saturday evening when torrential rain hit the Washington Crossing area of Makefield Township. The area in Bucks County was hit by up to seven inches of rain in just 45 minutes, Fire Chief Tim Brewer told reporters. ‘In my 44 years, I’ve never seen anything like it,’ he said. ‘When the water came up, it came up very swiftly. We do not think that anybody drove into it, that they were actively on that road when it happened.’ Chief Brewer said that there were 11 vehicles on the road when the water level on it rose to around five feet and three cars were swept away. Two women and a man, aged in their 40s and 60s, were found dead. Three females and a male, aged from nine months to 63, remain missing. Eight people were rescued from the cars and two from the creek. All three cars were found by rescuers but had no occupants inside, said Chief Brewer. ‘We are treating this as a rescue but we are fairly certain we are in a recovery mode at this time,’ he added. Storms in the northeast had 55 million people under flood threats on Sunday and 14 million under a tornado watch. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for large parts of the region, including parts of the New York City area and heavy rainfall is predicted for New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington DC.