CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Heavy rainfall across the Chattanooga area has led to significant roadway flooding, prompting multiple road closures and warnings from emergency officials, according to NBC affiliate Local 3 News. Several key areas are currently impassable, and it is advised to stay off the roads.

Tennessee residents are coping with the aftermath of deadly flooding that has claimed at least four lives from a record amount of rain that officials say took everyone by surprise. Similar scenes unfolded in Northern Georgia where about 100 people evacuated,