Flash floods deluge towns in Pennsylvania, West Virginia [Video]

Emergency crews in parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania waded through murky floodwaters to rescue residents as storms unleashed downpours that blanketed streets and gushed into homes and businesses Thursday night, officials said.The storms were part of a sweeping weather system that plunged parts of Florida underwater early Thursday morning, a day after it churned up multiple destructive tornadoes and brought flooding and widespread power outages across the Gulf Coast.Flash flood warnings stretched across western parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh Thursday night but were canceled early Friday morning as heavy rain tapered to showers.Heavy rainfall will target parts of New England Friday before the system exits the U.S. Saturday.Flash flood emergencies – the most significant flood alert possible – were issued in the western Pittsburgh suburbs of Oakdale and Coraopolis.Rescue crews were deployed in Oakdale Thursday evening looking for people who may need to be evacuated, sister …