Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather

Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs to search for two missing children swept away in flash flooding

A car is buried in flood debris from recent storms and flooding on Monday in Belvidere, New Jersey (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP)

Extreme weather conditions enveloped the US on Monday as the East Coast recovered from flooding, sizzling temperatures beset the West and several northern states contended with unsafe air quality from Canadian wildfires.

Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs in their search for two missing children whose family’s car was swept away in flash flooding that ravaged the East Coast over the weekend.