**Floods set off by torrential rain have left several people dead in the south-eastern US, including six in Georgia.**Among the victims was a two-year-old boy swept from his father’s arms.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has declared a state of emergency in 17 counties after nearly 600mm (2ft) of rain fell in the past two days.
Flooding has also affected Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and North Carolina, while forecasters are warning of more heavy rain and possible flash floods.
Among the worst-hit areas was Douglas County in Georgia where four people died in separate incidents.
In Carroll County, heavy rain turned a small stream into raging waters that ripped apart a mobile home where a two-year-old boy lived.
His father clung on to him but the boy was pulled away, his body being found hours later, officials said.
In Atlanta, motorists climbed on the roofs of their cars as one of the city’s busiest roads was flooded.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a man was presumed drowned in an overflowing creek, officials said, while an Alabama man drowned when a pond bank gave way, the Associated Press reported.