The family of three was killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County OEM spokesperson Amy Maxwell said. No one else is believed to be missing at this time, officials said.

Officials in Tennessee said at least three people were killed and another is missing after heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in Chattanooga and Hamilton County overnight.

More than 6 inches of rain caused deadly flooding in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Tuesday evening. Three members of the same family died when the saturated ground caused a tree to fall on their car, and a fourth victim was later found.

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,

Tuesday afternoon's massive and unprecedented flooding on Interstate 24 and Interstate 75 was not made worse by recent construction completion in that area, sta

Flash flood warnings were in effect across Tennessee on Wednesday, Aug. 13, after deadly floodwaters trapped cars near Chattanooga.

The floodwaters shut down Interstate 24 until around 10 p.m. ET, Rae Anne Bradley, the regional communications officer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation in Chattanooga and the Cumberland Plateau, stated in a post on X. When water had receded, the interstate lanes traveling east were reopened.

As flooding overtook a vehicle in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Aug. 12, this man came to the rescue, smashing a window to provide a chance for escape.