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Five people have died and two children remain unaccounted for after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, according to local authorities on Sunday.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms pounded the U.S. Northeast including New York City on Sunday, unleashing deadly flooding in Pennsylvania, halting operations at several airports, and prompting tornado watches across New England. Nearly 1,500 flights across the U.S. have been canceled, according to a flight-tracking website.
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, downpours and flash flooding over the weekend killed at least five people. Nearly 17 centimeters of rain fell in the area in 45 minutes late Saturday, Upper Makefield Township Fire Chief Tim Brewer told a press conference, claiming five lives as vehicles were swept away. Two children aged 9 and 2 remained missing.
The rains were expected to ease on Monday, but nonetheless created havoc throughout much of the Northeast in recent days, with Vermont in particular reporting catastrophic flooding in its capital Montpelier.
Floodwaters rise in Bridgewater, Vermont, July 10, 2023, submerging parked vehicles and threatening homes near the Ottauquechee River. /CFP
Meanwhile, an extreme heatwave peaked in the western United States on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 53 Celsius (128 Fahrenheit) in the California desert. While baking parts of the country, the heat dome has also helped generate heavy rains in the Northeast U.S., a pattern expected to continue for days if not weeks, according to the National Weather Service of U.S..
(With input from Reuters)
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