Southeast, Northeast States Under Flood Threat; Emergency Declared in Northwest Georgia

Bittings Avenue is partially underwater in Summerville, Ga., on Sept. 4, 2022. Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP

SUMMERVILLE, Ga.—Flood watches were in effect in the U.S. southeast and much of the northeast on Monday as forecasters warned of the possibility of torrential downpours on Labor Day across already saturated ground.

Among the hardest-hit areas in this weekend’s storms was northwest Georgia, where 12 inches of rain fell in some spots, forecasters said.