Biblical flash flooding has killed a woman as she was swept away trying to save a dog when she was hit by a "tidal wave".
A woman in her 30s died in the severe weather on Sunday night as she was trying to escape her flooded house in Hudson Valley, New York, with her dog. A state of emergency has been declared in Orange County.
Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus stated that the force of the flash flooding dislodged boulders, which rammed the woman's house and damaged part of its wall.