Tropical Storm Isaias kills EIGHT as woman, 60, crushed to death by tree and autistic girl, 5, is swept to her death
AT least eight people have been killed in Tropical Storm Isaias, which has rocked the United States' eastern coast in recent days.
A 60-year-old woman in North Conway, New Hampshire, was found dead on Tuesday night after a tree toppled onto the building where she lived, according to reports.
Today, cops revealed the lifeless body of a missing autistic five-year-old girl has been found after vanishing during the storm.
After a ground and air search, was found Wednesday morning by police in , about two miles from her home.
“The tree came down and crushed everything," Cristian Lopez said. “He was a contractor doing work for us."
Lopez said he was renovating an apartment and was waiting for his son to come downstairs, adding Siles was there "maybe 20 minutes total.";
According to the National Hurricane Center, sustained top winds of up to 65 mph more than 18 hours after coming ashore.
But as of Tuesday night, it was down to 45 mph max winds.
Patrick Foye, chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said more than 2,000 trees fell across the system's train and bus network.
“This storm caused severe damage,” Foye said on Wednesdsay.
“Not since Superstorm Sandy has our system experienced this type of wind.”