Five people have been killed as the search for a 9-month-old baby and a 2-year-old girl continued after they were swept away in a flash flood as wild storm battered the Northeast.

Authorities reported that many people got trapped in their vehicles and were swept away when flash flood struck Bucks Country after 6-7 inches of rain poured down.

Three bodies were found outside their cars and officials confirmed that fourth and fifth bodies were discovered.

Upper Makefield Fire Chief Tim Brewer said that a 9-month-old baby and a 2-year-old are still missing.

“We’re treating this as a rescue, but fairly certain this is a recovery mission,” he said.

Rescue teams are combing the area to locate the siblings.

Brewer confirmed that one of the victims was the mother of the children. “As they tried to escape the fierce floodwaters, dad took his 4-year-old son while a mother and the grandmother grabbed the two additional children.

“Miraculously, dad and son were able to get to safety. However, the grandmother, the mother and the two children were swept away by the floodwaters.”

The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings and tornado watches for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New York City.

A disaster declaration has been issued in Pennsylvania where rescue teams continue their search for people who were swept away by flash flood.

Brewer said he had never seen anything like this in his 44 years.

“I thought Hurricane Ida was the benchmark, but this is the benchmark.”

Flood watches have been issue to over 57 million residents along Intersate95 from Northern Virginia to Maine.

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