Storm Leaves Five-Year-Old Autistic Girl Dead

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities say a 5-year-old autistic girl who disappeared from a Philadelphia-area home during the height of Tuesday’s storm was found dead and was believed to have been swept away in floodwaters. Police in Montgomery County’s Towamencin Township said Eliza Talal, described as autistic and nonverbal, was found Wednesday morning next to a creek after waters receded. Chief Paul Dickinson said she had last been seen at about noon and was believed to have gone out of her Lansdale home and “was pulled into the water.” Weather authorities, meanwhile, confirmed two tornadoes in Montgomery and Bucks counties during the storm.