Near the coast, heavy rains caused sewage to bubble out of underground pipes. A flooded street is seen Wednesday during heavy rains in Vestavia, Ala., in this still image obtained from a social media video. (Kevin Sarabia/Reuters)Metro Birmingham remained under a flash flood watch for much of the day until storms moved into Georgia. A four-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman died in separate incidents when floods carried away vehicles in northeast Alabama, said Marshall County coroner Cody Nugent. To the south, in Baldwin County, officials as much as 946,000 litres of waste water overflowed from sewage systems along Mobile Bay.

Source: CBC News October 07, 2021 18:22 UTC