DEVELOPING: Search for two missing children continues after they were swept away in floodwaters in North Carolina.
Smithfield rescue crews, along with emergency service workers from neighboring towns, responded with four boats to the scene, Blanton said.
Two children are missing after the car they were in was swept away in floodwaters early Tuesday morning.Initially, rescue crews were able to locate the car and retrieve the mother and one of her children on one of the responding boats. But, the fire chief said, “The water was so turbulent the boat capsized, and they lost the child,” Blanton said."The amount of water, and the current is so strong, it overcomes you when you start to turn a boat, and you're in debris and tress and such,” Blanton said,The mother and two first responders were taken to the hospital early Tuesday for injuries, WRAL reported.not able to find the two missing childrenUp to about eight inches of rain fell on Smithfield during a storm Monday.
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