2 women, 1 man found dead in submerged SUV after floodwaters recede in Alabama

Three bodies were found inside a submerged vehicle in Alabama on Thursday after floodwaters receded from killer storms that included torrential rain earlier this week, authorities said. The victims have been identified as a man, 72, and two women, 53 and 42, the Tuscaloosa Police Department said in a Facebook post.

"At this time, investigators with the Tuscaloosa VCU believe the vehicle became disabled and sank in floodwaters from the storm Tuesday night," police said.

Divers and other officers from the Tuscaloosa Police discovered the sport-utility vehicle in water in the Holt community, a rural area a few miles east of Tuscaloosa, police said in a statement.