100,000 evacuated from new US storm

More than 100,000 residents have been ordered to move away from a flood-swollen river in Pennsylvania as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped more rain across the US north east.

The Susquehanna River is projected to crest in north-eastern Pennsylvania between 8pm and midnight UK time at 41 feet – the same height as the levee system protecting river-front communities including Wilkes-Barre and Kingston, officials said.