Pennsylvania flash flood: five people killed and two children missing

Pennsylvania is latest area in the US to be hit by intense rain and flooding as worldwide climate emergency worsens

Five people have been killed and two children remained missing after floodwaters tore through parts of south-eastern Pennsylvania over the week during the latest round of violent storms to hit the region.

The family of the two children, a nine-month-old boy and his two-year-old sister, were caught in their car on the way to a barbecue on Saturday, the chief of the Upper Makefield fire department, Tim Brewer, said on Sunday. Their mother was later found dead while their father and young sibling miraculously" made it to safety.