It's been days since devastating floodwaters tore through the Hope 4 Paws Humane Society in Plainfield, New Jersey. Staff and volunteers had to swim through waist-high water to rescue dozens of dogs and other animals.

The two women killed amid severe thunderstorms and intense flooding in New Jersey were on their way to a bingo night at the time, family and friends said.

Two women died in flash flooding in Plainfield, New Jersey, on Monday night after their car was swept into Cedar Brook during the height of a powerful storm, authorities said Tuesday. Jazz Hunt, the Plainfield mayor’s chief of staff, said the women were traveling on Stelle Avenue when they were swept away.