The severe weather that hit Atlanta, Georgia has left at least five people dead and a lot of damages on the area.

Georgia’s Governor Perdue declared a state of emergency due to the floods that brought disaster to 17 counties.

There were three deaths in north Georgia’s Douglas County, one death in Gwinnett County, one in Carroll County–a 2-year old child taken by the rushing flood water from her father’s arms.

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, one person was swept into rushing water and is assumed to have drowned.

Spokesman for fire and emergency management services in Douglas County said, “We’re in rescue-and-recovery mode. It has not stopped raining, and another line of thunderstorms is coming.”

The deadly weather is one of the many storms moving northeast from the Gulf of Mexico. The forecast says it’s going to last til Monday night and weaken by Tuesday morning.

The storms caused Georgia rivers and creeks to burst, alerting residents to evacuate.

(via CNN)