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. Lubia Estevez and Forest Whitlock, both women in their 60s,

In Plainfield, New Jersey, two people were killed when their car was swept into Cedar Brook, city officials said. This comes days after two others were killed in severe storms in Plainfield on July 3.

The flooding necessitated rescues, grounded planes, and submerged vehicles in waist-high water less than two weeks after flash floods in Texas killed more than 100 people, triggering concerns about the increasing number of flood fatalities in recent years because of heavier rainfall,