Toddler Missing In GA Creek As Storms Soak South

ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities are searching for a toddler swept away in a rain-swollen creek in west Georgia as heavy rains and thunderstorms claimed at least 2 other lives in the Southeast.

Authorities in Carroll County, near the Alabama line, say the child went missing at around 4 a.m. Monday.

Emergency Management Director Tim Padgett did not know the child’s gender or exact age, but estimated the child to be around 2 years old.

At least two other people have died in floodwaters in Georgia and another is missing in Tennessee as rows of thunderstorms drenched the Southeast.

Forecasters issued flood alerts for parts of Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia after days of storms that have saturated the ground. As much as 20 inches had fallen in three days in the Atlanta area.