Several people dead, children among missing after Pennsylvania flooding

>> CHRIS, THANK YOU. >>> WE WILL BEGIN WITH A STORY THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SINCE LAST NIGHT IN BUCKS COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE JUST GIVEN AN UPDATE ON DEADLY FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA OF UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP. THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE LOCATED A FOURTH BODY THIS MORNING, AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND A WOMAN. "ACTION NEWS" REPORTER KATIE KATRO JUST SPOKE WITH OFFICIALS AND JOINING US LIVE FROM UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP WITH THE VERY LATEST, SEARCH FOR THAT FAMILY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, KATIE? >> REPORTER: NYDIA, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM OFFICIALS, MOMENTS AGO, THEY SAY AS OF 10:53 THIS MORNING THEY DID RECOVER ANOTHER BODY, BRINGING THAT TOTAL TO THE A LEAST FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD NOW AND THE SEARCH IS ON AT THIS HOUR FOR THREE MORE PEOPLE, TWO CHILDREN AND A WOMAN. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE SEVERE FLOODS LOOKED LIKE LAST NIGHT AS CREWS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THESE PEOPLE. THE VERY LATEST BODY WAS FOUND 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE TAILORSVILLE ROAD IN THE CREEK. OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING FOR TWO CHILDREN FROM THE SAME FAMILY AT THIS HOUR, AND A WOMAN. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A NINE MONTH-OLD BOY AND A TWO-YEAR OLD GIRL STILL MISSING. WE DID GET AN UPDATE FROM UPPER MAKEFIELD FIRE CHIEF MOMENTS AGO. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ON THE MISSING AND WHO UNFORTUNATELY TO NOT SURVIVE BUT AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAMES AND ALL PROPER NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. HOWEVER, WE CAN TELL YOU TRAGICALLY THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO CHILDREN FROM THE SAME FAMILY. ONE BOY WHO IS NINE MONTHS, AND ONE FEMALE WHO IS OLDER SISTER WHO IS TWO. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE ONE MORE FEMALE ADULT AT THIS TIME. >> REPORTER: AGAIN, OFFICIALS SAY THAT THOSE TWO CHILDREN ARE FROM THE SAME FAMILY. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THEM RIGHT NOW IN ADDITION TO THAT WOMAN AND THEY ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAMES AT THIS TIME BUT WE DO HOPE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM OFFICIALS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTING LIVE FROM UPPER

Channel: 6abc Philadelphia

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Keywords: news, 4 missing persons, 4 dead, flood waters, search and rescue operation, Bucks County police, Newtown Township, Upper Makefield Township, search and rescue, flash flood, flood waters Bucks County

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Length: 2min 13sec (133 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 16 2023