Two women were killed when their vehicle was swept into surging flood waters in Plainfield, New Jersey, during Monday night’s severe storms, city officials said. Their vehicle became submerged around 8 p.m. and was pulled into Cedar Brook in the area of Stelle Avenue, a city spokeswoman said.

Two women died in New Jersey when their car was swept away in flash flooding overnight — just 11 days after three others were killed in extreme weather in the same area. The women, who haven’t yet been identified publicly,

In the wake of severe storms, recovery efforts are underway in Somerset and Union counties, where flooding has caused tragic losses and heroic rescues amid ongoing weather threats.

The two women in their 60s were killed after their car was swept into the Cedar Brook during the height of the storm.

On his long drive back home to Brooklyn, Derrick Golson found himself in the fight for his life: his Jeep was suddenly swept away by floodwaters Monday night