{"id":43467,"date":"2025-08-13T17:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/falling-tree-kills-parents-and-child-in-car-as-chattanooga-flooding-prompts-dozens-of-water-rescues\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:20:25","slug":"falling-tree-kills-parents-and-child-in-car-as-chattanooga-flooding-prompts-dozens-of-water-rescues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/falling-tree-kills-parents-and-child-in-car-as-chattanooga-flooding-prompts-dozens-of-water-rescues\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling tree kills parents and child in car as Chattanooga flooding prompts dozens of water rescues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management spokesperson Amy Maxwell said.<\/p>\n<p>A search was also ongoing Wednesday for a man who walked through a flooded road in Chattanooga on Tuesday night but hadn&#8217;t been seen since, Maxwell said.<\/p>\n<p>The full extent of the damage isn&#8217;t yet known. County officials planned to tour the damage Wednesday morning, Maxwell said. <\/p>\n<p>Rainfall totals by Wednesday had piled up to more than half a foot in some parts of the Chattanooga metropolitan area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdef.com\/flash-flooding-strikes-chattanooga-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate WDEF<\/a> reported, adding that flash flooding was widespread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-original\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/08\/13\/b642605e-ea8a-413c-97e2-c411e41c0fb0\/ap25225409679968.jpg#\" alt=\"Severe Weather \" width=\"3832\" height=\"2154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/08\/13\/b642605e-ea8a-413c-97e2-c411e41c0fb0\/ap25225409679968.jpg 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A truck drives through flooded a road in Chattanooga, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                WTVC via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flooding prompted dozens of rescues of people stuck in homes and swamped vehicles on Tuesday, including several drivers that became stranded on an interstate highway as the storm ramped up, WDEF reported. According to the station, officials in Catoosa County \u2014 just over the border in Georgia \u2014 also reported more than 100 evacuations and dozens of rescues from two local apartment complexes due to the weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Hamilton County, which includes Chattanooga, officials <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HamCoTNES\/status\/1955441957653590469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shared a video<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HamCoTNES\/status\/1955604941369942138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">images on social media<\/a> that showed first responders rescuing a family in waist-deep water and paddling down flooded streets in rafts in order to reach them. Schools in the county <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HamiltonCountySchools\/posts\/pfbid02Ao4tX7vqB28YPm1wG7JMRtQenC8LzZy5VN2omLms3fbvt8oGnbTTLVFVSDWXvTsWl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were closed<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The region was bracing for more rainfall and flooding Wednesday. Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp declared a local state of emergency Tuesday night. Residents were urged to exercise extreme caution.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of middle Tennessee through Wednesday night, warning of scattered flash flooding with tropical-like heavy rainfall and the possibility of training storms, especially over already saturated areas.<\/p>\n<p>Chattanooga Fire crews rescued people trapped in vehicles and residents stuck in their homes, fire department officials said. Flooding closed parts of Interstate 24 in the area, but it reopened once floodwaters receded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-original\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/08\/13\/0f6439d9-9d35-4580-9efe-83376791e577\/ap25225409670254.jpg#\" alt=\"Severe Weather \" width=\"3828\" height=\"2160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/08\/13\/0f6439d9-9d35-4580-9efe-83376791e577\/ap25225409670254.jpg 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A vehicle is submerged in water amid flooding in Chattanooga, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                WTVC via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swiftwater rescue teams rescued residents of three East Ridge homes trapped by rising floodwaters, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. Sheriff Austin Garrett said the flooding was more extensive than he had seen before, noting that it is usually concentrated in one area, The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2025\/aug\/12\/flooding-causes-problems-evacuations-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chattanooga Times Free Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is extremely widespread. 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