A mother, father and child were killed in Tennessee when a tree fell on their car overnight as heavy rain and flash flooding lashed the state.

The three died when saturated ground caused the tree to topple in Chattanooga just after midnight, local officials said. 3

Meanwhile, a search was also underway early Wednesday for a man who hasn’t been seen since he was spotted walking through a flooded street during the wild storms.

The full extent of the storm’s damage wasn’t immediately clear but crews were planning to inspect early Wednesday. 3

“I’ve seen flooding throughout my career all over the county,” Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett said in the aftermath, adding that it’s “typically concentrated in one area.”

“This is extremely widespread. It made it difficult for us

See Full Page