Connecticut: two women killed as heavy rain brings ‘devastating’ floods

Women 65 and 71 swept to their deaths, people trapped in cars, and hundreds of flights in New York canceled

Torrential rains turned streets into raging rivers in parts of Connecticut and New York's Long Island, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, covering vehicles in mud, and sweeping two women to their deaths, authorities said.

Dramatic rescues unfolded as a foot (30cm) of rain fell on some parts of western Connecticut late on Sunday and early Monday, coming down so fast that it caught drivers unaware. The Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, who declared a state of emergency, said more than 100 people were evacuated by search and rescue teams Sunday evening.