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'A foot of water coming at us': Bucks County flash flood survivors recount effort to stay alive

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UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. - The weekend storm system brought several inches of rain all across the Delaware Valley, with parts of Bucks County taking a big hit.

And, for some, it turned deadly.The search continues for a nine-month-old boy and his two-year-old sister in Upper Makefield Township.

The pair went missing during flash flooding Saturday evening. Officials say five people are confirmed dead, including the children’s mother."All I have is a couple scratches on my hand," survivor Chloe Weissman said. "It isn’t much, so I really am grateful."Weissman and her dad, Eli, say they were on a motorcycle ride Saturday afternoon that started in sunshine.

When light rain began, they started to head home to Newtown and got behind some stopped vehicles on 532."All of a sudden, three inches of water, four inches of water, a foot of water coming at us.

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