A Maryland community is heartbroken after a 13-year-old boy got swept into a storm drain during flash flooding and died. FOX 5’s Sydney Persing is at the apartment complex where it happened .

A heartbroken community in Mount Airy, Maryland is mourning the loss of a 13-year-old boy, who died during the flash flooding in the mid-Atlantic Thursday.

MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy died after he was trapped in a storm drain in Maryland during heavy rainfall and flooding on the East Coast that also led to rescues from cars that were submerged in floodwaters, officials said.