Flood Safety and Preparedness

Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding Hit Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi (PHOTOS)

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Yazoo City, Miss.
Buddy, the scent dog for the Mississippi Fire Marshal's Office is offered a sniff of a particle of clothing belonging to a 9-year-old girl who authorities say is believed to have been swept away by flash flood waters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

1/27
Yazoo City, Miss.
Buddy, the scent dog for the Mississippi Fire Marshal's Office is offered a sniff of a particle of clothing belonging to a 9-year-old girl who authorities say is believed to have been swept away by flash flood waters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Heavy rain moved slowly across the Gulf Coast on Sunday night into Monday, triggering flash flooding in the South.

The hardest hit areas are parts of central Alabama, along with central Mississippi and Georgia. One person died after their car was washed into a creek in the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn Monday. Recovery crews also found the body of a 9-year-old Yazoo City girl, who authorities say was swept away by flash flood waters.

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Rescue teams in Pelham, Ala. had to rush about two dozen residents out of a mobile home park early Monday as water rose chest-high. In Mississippi, the rising Tallahala Creek threatens to flood homes in Laurel.

The heaviest rain moved east into the Florida Panhandle up through the Carolinas by Monday afternoon, prompting a tornado watch through 11 p.m. Eastern.

The photos above capture the heavy rain across the region. We also have more on the latest breaking news and the forecast.

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