At leave five people have been killed after strong storms pummeled the Southeast on Monday.
One man in the Florida Panhandle drowned. And four people died in southern Alabama when a tree fell on their mobile home.
The mobile home was in the small town of Rehobeth, near the Florida-Alabama line, Andrew Yeager of NPR member station WBHM in Birmingham, Ala., reported. He added:
"The local emergency management agency says a tornado touched down nearby, tearing up trees and blocking roadways. With the severe weather through, officials are now warning of flooding as some areas saw as much as 5 inches of rain."
Flash flooding along creeks and rivers remained a danger. The National Weather Service flood warnings for some areas in Alabama on Monday and they remained in effect as of Tuesday morning.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley Monday night about the storms and offered "prayers for those impacted."
In Florida, the Walton County Sheriff's Office that deputies discovered the body of William Patrick Corley, 70, float