More than 100 Girl Scouts rescued after sudden flash flood strands troop at Pennsylvania cabin
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A Girl Scout troop, including more than 100 girls and volunteers, was rescued after unexpected flash flooding left them stranded at a cabin during a day camp retreat in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
4 Flash flooding in Pennsylvania left a massive group of Girl Scouts stranded in their cabin.
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More than two-and-a-half inches of rain fell between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Allegheny County, Pa., right as the swarm of girls were getting ready for lunch.
Their highly anticipated day of fun in the sun quickly turned sour as the torrential downpour left them trapped after retreating to the Girl Scout Cabin in the park.
The group became 'stranded due to an overflowing stream nearby,' Allegheny County police spokesman Jim Madalinsky told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
4 The rain caused a stream near the scouts' cabin to overflow.
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Rescue crews quickly arrived at the park to save the scouts.
The crews led the young girls to drier land using a rope to help them all trudge through the rushing water as it started to recede.
'They gave us all life jackets and helmets and told us to hold on to the person in front of us and we had a rope and just kind of held on and just walked across,' Girl Scout Lila Hall told CBS News.
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'We had to stay calm because the younger girls were freaking out too, so I sang some songs, I tried to cheer them up,' another scout, Emilia Krieger, added.
4 Rescue crews used a rope to help lead the scouts across the rushing water.
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4 No injuries were reported, according to Allegheny police.
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All of the scouts and volunteers made it to safety and no injuries were reported, Allegheny County police said.
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Once they waded through the flood, the girls' parents were waiting with open arms — and plenty of towels.
The Girl Scouts host different levels for each age group, ranging from the youngest kindergartener Daisies to high school senior Ambassadors. The organization is best known for its annual cookie sale that pits troops against each other for top-ticket grand prizes like a trip to Walt Disney World.
The 2025 top seller in NYC, a Bay Ridge scout who sold a staggering 2,528 cookies, bumped the reigning champ from Tribeca off the throne in a battle of the boroughs this year.
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