Page 340 - Flash Flooding News Today

As storms packed with moisture progress from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast, AccuWeather meteorologists continue to stress that the risk of life-threatening and damaging flash flooding will continue this week. During the past weekend, widespread rainfall of 1-4 inches and locally higher amounts between 6 and 8 inches in a matter of hours triggered rapid rises on small streams from Virginia to Maine. In some cases, streams spilled over roads and water rose across low-lying roadways in a matter

>> reporter: yeah, truly a terrible story, especially for this tight-knit small community here in bucks county. were in upper makefield township. were a little bit away from where the bulk of this tragedy happened. but the one thing that were hearing from first responders now is that they have been able to triple the number of assets that they have on the ground and in the air to make sure they find these two children who are still missing. just to recap, were talking about saturday night, thats...

Russia says a key grain deal has been terminated. major new developments on the ground in ukraine. two young children are missing this morning, they were swept up along with their mother in the flash flooding in pennsylvania. the urgent search for these kids now with more bad weather on the way to the northeast. an alabama woman who went missing on the interstate suddenly found. the baffling case all started with a 911 call the woman made saying she saw a toddler walking alone on the interst...

>> and we begin with the extreme weather that is affecting our entire country with flash flooding in the northeast killing at least five people in pennsylvania including a mother while two children remain missing. in one area of long island, five inches of rain fell in less than two hours. meanwhile, more than 70 million people from florida to the west coast are under heat alerts with records possible in seven states today. on sunday death valley, california, set a new daily high temperature. 12...

Girl remain missing. nbcs emilie ikeda has more. >> reporter: the massive cleanup process beginning to get under way. you can see to what degree. buckled roadways like this will need to be repaired. i want to show you something. youll see the creek flowing under this roadway. that is typically what the level of the creek is. if you look at the debris that has completely pushed this guardrail, youll get a sense for how high the waterline was. absolutely taking over this roadway. if you look over ...

Meet with vladimir putin. well see what the results are. always great to see you. >> thank you. life-threatening weather conditions on both sides of the country today. in the northeast, theres a d deluge for flash flooding and a sermg for a 2-year-old girl and her 9 month old brother. their mother has been killed. flash flooding killed four other people and as that same region braces for more rain in the coming days, other parts of the nation are suffering from extremely high temperatures. 80 ...

The record-breaking deluge of rain over the weekend has sparked a public health warning for Boston Harbor due to sewage discharge, while flood watches are yet again in effect for Massachusetts with more downpours on the way.

The coroner's office identified the five victims killed in flash flooding over the weekend in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County.

Floods. what can you tell us about the ongoing rescue operations in bucks county, kathy? >> reporter: ana, good morning to you. we heard from authorities not too long ago. they say they continue actively searching for those missing kids, and theyve actually tripled their resources. fortunately, as you can see, ana, the weather is on their side right now. the skies have opened up. its sunny. its dry. hey hope to take advantage of this good weather. but its really heartbreaking to know the details...

It will be a less active day in New Hampshire on Monday after Sunday brought heavy rainfall and strong thunderstorms.