The missing children are from the same family, officials said Sunday morning.
A sudden flash flood swamped a southeastern Pennsylvania road, sweeping several cars away and claiming at least four lives.A sudden flash flood swamped a southeastern Pennsylvania road, sweeping several cars away and claiming at least four lives. Three other people, including two small children from the same family, remain missing.
Tim Brewer, Upper Makefield's fire chief, told reporters that the area got about 6 1/2 to seven inches of rain in 45 minutes. There was "approximately four to five feet of water over the road," he said. There were about 11 cars on the road at the time, and three were swept away.Another body has also been recovered, officials said late Sunday morning. No details about that person have been released.
All three vehicles swept away were later located, and no one was found inside. One was about 1.5 miles from where it entered the creek.
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