Body found in river believed to be that of two-year-old lost in flash flood

The body of a young girl was recovered on Friday (The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

The body of a young girl recovered in the Delaware River in Pennsylvania is believed to be that of a two-year-old who was one of two children swept away by a flash flood last weekend.

The body was found in the early evening near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment plant about 30 miles from where Matilda Sheils was carried away, US authorities said.