A sudden flash flood swamped a southeastern Pennsylvania road, sweeping several cars away and claiming at least three lives. Among the missing is a 9-month-old baby.
Officials in Bucks County’s Upper Makefield Township in Pennsylvania said torrential rains occurred around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Washington Crossing area, sweeping away several cars. At least four people died and three others, including a 9-month-old boy and a 2-year-old girl, remained missing, authorities said.Other parts of the East Coast were experiencing heavy rain, including Vermont.
“As songwriter Annie Lennox would say, here comes the rain again New Yorkers, here comes the rain. It just seems unrelenting this year,” she said. “You have to avoid unnecessary travel. ... A flash flood doesn’t give you warning ... and in those moments your car can go from a place of safety to a place of death.”The governor said work crews were checking the integrity of roads and dams hit by flooding around the state, which saw $50 million in damages caused by last week’s storms.
In north New Jersey, some roads were closed Sunday as crews worked to repair stretches of fragmented concrete that had buckled under the stress of heavy rain and flooding. Local creeks washed over passageways and a rockslide blocked passage along Route 46. Thoroughfares were a mess of water and rocks covered in brown sludge.Fire Chief Tim Brewer told reporters the area got about 6 1/2 to 7 inches of rain in 45 minutes.
“We are treating this as a rescue but we are fairly certain we are in a recovery mode at this time,” Brewer said. Rail lines throughout Vermont were also damaged by the rain and flooding, the transportation agency said. The agency said it reopened 57 miles of rail lines, and 64 miles of rail line remained closed.
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