Atlanta, Georgia -- Heavy rain and thunderstorms that makes tornadoes continued to pound the Southeast on Monday, leaving 19 dead and stranding thousands of people.
The storm moved through north Georgia on Monday, flooding streets in Atlanta and delaying flights into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. No deaths or injuries were immediately reported there.
Heavy rains and flooding left at least 12 dead in Tennessee, state and Nashville officials said. The latest fatality was discovered Monday morning, the Nashville mayor's office said. Six deaths occurred in the Nashville area, officials said.
In Mississippi, two tornadoes killed three people Sunday, and a fourth person died in a rain-related traffic accident.
Three people died in storm-related incidents in southern and south-central Kentucky, emergency services spokesman "Buddy" Rogers said Monday.
