At least three people have died after heavy rain and flash flooding lashed Chattanooga, Tennessee, overnight Tuesday and shut down interstates, stranded cars and prompted swift water rescues

Hundreds of thousands of people in Eastern Tennessee are on alert as floods remain possible throughout Wednesday.

At least three people have died and one person is missing after heavy rains and flash flooding in Tennessee on Tuesday, local officials said. Two adults and one child were killed when a tree fell on their car early Wednesday morning as a result of the storms in East Ridge,